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...exempt from it. "The Chairman thinks ideologically," says a human-rights worker who, revealingly, does not want to be named. "He is focusing on the basic principle, namely Palestinian independence. He's not interested in day-to-day problems, in infrastructure where we are starting from below zero. The few changes for the better have been trivial, cheap cosmetics. Paving a few roads, some improvement in education and public health--that's it." More trenchant complaints focus on corruption and nepotism in the Authority, the intimidating presence of several Palestinian security services and the lack of legal recourse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOPELESS IN GAZA | 10/9/1995 | See Source »

...that doesn't prevent a lot of Harvard fans from thinking about what might have been. Three-and-zero is a world different from 1-2. And everyone knows...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Black Saturday | 10/2/1995 | See Source »

...easy for the players to think that way, entering the break deadlocked at zero...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Field Hockey Blanked Again | 10/2/1995 | See Source »

Computers. Name: Global Information Solutions. Revenues: $8 billion. Profits: below zero. Chief executive: Lars Nyberg. Employees: 43,000 initially, but 8,500 will be laid off as the company stops making personal computers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUST THREE EASY PIECES | 10/2/1995 | See Source »

...also costs money to take the objects out of Indian country and will cost much more to put them back. Ironically, native American science, literature, medicine, philosophy, legal institutions, governing structures and art are by and large excluded from the academic curriculum at Harvard University. The mathematical concept of zero, for instance, originated in Mayan cultures, as did sophisticated medical practices; native astronomy (including native Hawaiian astronomy) has been extremely sophisticated, as are our architectural and artistic traditions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Highlight Native Contributions | 9/25/1995 | See Source »

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