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‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Hits Women Much More 
Amidst the Pulp music video chorus, "you wanna live like common people," my friend told me that a mutual buddy, originally from her North American social circle, now beach parked in Tel Aviv, was coming to visit. Evidently I was "Janice's" culturally sensitive tour guide of choice, and being a freelancer on the edge of developing a new batch of stories, I was also the most available option.
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President Bush has opened a celebratory visit to Israel where he'll make a new push for peace in the long-troubled Middle East. The president arrived in Tel Aviv and was flying by helicopter to Jerusalem for events marking the 60th anniversary of Israel's birth in the wake of the Nazi genocide of 6 million Jews.
The food company Tnuva is putting the site up for sale this week. This project will be far more prestigious than the scheme Halevy led for high-tech industry workers exactly one year ago, in which a group of investors acquired land that formerly housed Tnuva near the Bitzaron neighborhood, for about $50 million.
I'm waiting for a cab after leaving a trendy new Tel Aviv nightclub. Across the street, a sharply dressed man is carrying a woman in a white dress in his arms. Her long, dark hair swings from side to side with each step he takes. A taxi stops in front of me, just as he tries to stand her up.
He loves "the cat's wild and entertaining behavior," as he puts it. She worries about it jumping on the marble countertops in the kitchen and on the living room furniture. He remembers the cat in his parents' house, which comforted him in his childhood during difficult moments: "When I needed warmth and love and an attentive ear, he was always there."
The National Diabetes Education Program states that people don't have to knock themselves out to lower their risk. In fact, the findings of a major study show that modest weight loss can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by more than half. Here are some proven small steps developed by the program to help with gradual lifestyle changes to lose weight safely and prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. •Set a weight-loss goal that can be met before starting a weight-loss plan.
They were actually quite familiar with the way, and when we arrived after about an hour, including a traffic jam at the Ad Halom junction, they quickly unloaded the crates and the furniture...I hope that in a week from now I'll be able to remember the way.
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