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Attempts to defraud the U.S. government in a sale of military jet engines to Israel wound up costing General Electric $69 million. In a Cincinnati federal court, GE's aircraft-engine division settled civil and criminal charges of conspiring with an Israeli air force general to bill the Pentagon for fictitious parts and testing equipment. A GE manager stationed in Israel between 1984 and 1989 blew the whistle on his employer two years...
...occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. For the first time in a decade, a government exists that appears able to deliver such a deal. Rabin had originally pledged to form a centrist administration, but having failed to attract the ultra-nationalist Tzomet party into his coalition, he wound up with a left-leaning bloc, the most dovish in Israel's history. Labor's major alignment partner is Meretz, a constellation of peacenik organizations that favors allowing the Palestinians to decide their own fate...
...that did nothing to improve its image, New York City sent off 2,200 tons of garbage to the heartland last month in search of a welcoming landfill. Alas, the detritus, occupying 30 railcars, was rejected in three states. After a 3,000-mile trip, the bug-infested cargo wound up back home, destined for the Staten Island landfill...
...fears of Russia's neighbors across the spectrum of Eurasia have deep historical roots. "Scratch a Russian, and you will wound a Tartar," wrote the dry-eyed French 19th century observer of Russia, Joseph de Maistre. The ) Mongol invasion (1237-1480) and its aftermath of cruel autocracy had isolated Russians totally from Western developments, particularly the Renaissance and the Reformation. That long isolation embraced every aspect of Russian life. Russia's first modern technology, in the 17th century, was all imported from Holland and Germany. Russia didn't have even a single university until...
Held said the protest left "a wound but not a break" in BSA-Hillel relations. Other minority leaders said they saw some estrangement, but held out hope for reconciliation...