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…ware of the seriousness of the situation, Dado radiated his usual calm and confidence. For the first time, I felt a bit more hopeful. “Ma nishmah, Ehud? he asked, in Israelis’ everyday greeting. “What’s up?” I told him I’d just come from the airport. “I can help in special forces...

…s in recording the fastest-ever time on the most gruelling of the Israeli army’s obstacle courses. In fact, I was a lot more like Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin. The main misunderstanding, however, went deeper. The assumption appeared to be that my military achievements, especi...

…an entity. This article briefly describes the four most common forms of DREs and their origins and outlines some of the more significant—but often overlooked—exceptions and modifications to the general rule that DREs are treated as “tax nothings.” Because the forms of DREs origin...

…ong a group of American scholars and policy practitioners who have spent long careers studying and engaging China, Asia more broadly, and a wide variety of political systems around the world. Each participant also has an abiding interest in protecting and strengthening democratic...

…rse. Entitlement expenses amount to $16,000 per household per year, and entitlement spending far outstrips funding, by more than $1 trillion (or $9,000 per household) in 2010. More than 35% of the US population receives entitlement dollars or is on the government payroll, up fro...

…lass schedules and phone messages from Epstein's home that showed he knew the girls were underage. Yet Mr. Krischer was more swayed by Epstein's lawyers, who attempted to impugn the girls' character by showing they had chatted on myspace.com about smoking marijuana and drinking....

…s says she twice met ex-president Bill Clinton, pictured last month, but was never ‘lent out' Epstein, who has donated more than £75,000 over the years to candidates from the Democratic Party, also flew with Mr Clinton in November 2003 to destinations including Russia, Oslo, Hon...

…l theology. The flavor of this change is captured in his 1893 The Science of Mechanics that stimulated Bridgeman’s 1936 more formal philosophical analyses of physical theory, from a position that came to be called operationalism: the restriction of physical concepts to those defi...

…o increase enforcement. 7!? Domestic violence and sexual assaults are other examples where enforcement shifts have been more limited but still significant. °7° Responses by local agencies to this type of pressure have taken three basic forms. First, chief prosecutors adopted int...

JAMES PATTERSON Kennedy Smith. The prosecutors presented Epstein a choice: plead to more serious state felony charges (that would result in 2 years’ imprisonment, registration as a sexual offender, and restitution for the victims) or else prepare for a federal felony trial. Wha...

…two leading authoritarian powers, China and Russia. Much of the report, in fact, deals with Russia, since that country, more than any other, has incubated and refined the ideas and institutions at the foundation of 21st-century author- itarianism. Finally, a basic assumption beh...

…upset their peculiar position as the major energy supplier of Europe, (particularly) to Germany? Or to render life even more difficult to the Russian population and collaborators engaged in bleaching business? Why would Americans support a compromise deal if they benefit more fr...

… tant issues are not considered significant enough to deal with seriously in school. World history is always considered more important. But why should that be the choice? Earlier, I mentioned that students want to learn how to drive as well as how to date. This is a pretty unive...

…s against civilian casualties are harder to sustain and hence might not be worthwhile to enforce. Let’s return to some more of our motivating examples. Our model can explain why we define murder categorically: It is not possible to punish differently for dif- ferent amount of qu...

…onal and historic point of view.” It was for me as well. In fact, I think its religious significance probably resonated more strongly. Still, the major change from the summit was that even those Israelis who found a compromise on Jerusalem unacceptable recognized that, if they di...