... Palestinians in the coastal territory since clashes in July in which more than a dozen died. Hamas forces, responding to the killing of one of their policemen during an arrest raid on Monday, raided a clan stronghold in Gaza City before dawn on Tuesday in search of a suspect in that slaying, officials said. Four clan members were killed in ensuing clashes that went on for hours and continued into Tuesday morning, ...

... never worked. They spent their days chanting, memorizing religious dogma and doing nothing. The Monasteries: Strongholds of Feudalism Defenders of old Tibet portray Lamaist Buddhism as the essence of the culture of the...largest monasteries housed thousands of monks. Each "parent" monastery created dozens (even hundreds) of small strongholds scattered through the mountain valleys. For example, the huge Drepung monastery housed 7,000 monks ...

... work. Next day, Hitler addressed with equal success the Crefeld Silk magnates in Godesberg. Later the national club in Hamburg. Everywhere, the scene was the same. Those were daring journeys, fraught with danger, through the very strongholds of the Marxist potentates who were on the track of their hated, sworn foe. But Adolf Hitler fought his way through. The number-plate of his car was smeared with oil and coated with dust- quite ...

... December) to his death (Feb 11), it took only six weeks - a rapid death - or a very efficient murder by Feds. Lantos was referred as "anti-China Congressman" or "China black" by Chinese media. He was a stronghold of pro-Taiwan independence power. His death was a warning to that power and a procedure to the coming regime change of Taiwan government in May. 555. Olympic deal (6/29/08) The secret deal between the secret police of the ...

... is not this.  A low per capita GDP results in low labor costs, which yields high growth rates. Like Haiti? Haiti of course is hardly the only example of a country with low per capita GDP, low labor costs, but also low growth rates. There is for example one of the last remaining strongholds of your favorite political system - N. Korea, with a growth rate of zero and a gdp per capital less than half of China's. Fred Weiss

... work. Next day, Hitler addressed with equal success the Crefeld Silk magnates in Godesberg. Later the national club in Hamburg. Everywhere, the scene was the same. Those were daring journeys, fraught with danger, through the very strongholds of the Marxist potentates who were on the track of their hated, sworn foe. But Adolf Hitler fought his way through. The number-plate of his car was smeared with oil and coated with dust- quite ...

... went from the TCRR to lynching blacks, not me. Racism was mostly a problem in what are now tax cuts for the rich "red" states. Racism was mostly a problem in those states when they were solid Democrat stronghold states - _Before_ the civil rights movement and Nixon's Southern Strategy. . . . . And I suppose you'll next tell me that anti-semitism never had a broad majority in much of Europe either. ...

... grief and bliss) because of receiving a new Hadith. * * * http://www.cyberlink.ch/~koenig/saturn.htm ".... Ever and again in the history of magic Germany has been considered to be the stronghold of the Black Arts. Alchemy, Astrology, the Kabbalah, Rosicrucianism, Illuminism, esoteric Freemasonry, Xtian mysticism, Rune magic - name what you want in the Western tradition and you will find at least some German ...

... of the country. Entirely changing the subject. Racism was mostly a problem in what are now tax cuts for the rich "red" states. Racism was mostly a problem in those states when they were solid Democrat stronghold states - and I might add where populist demagogues like Huey Long and George Wallace emerged. And I suppose you'll next tell me that anti-semitism never had a broad majority in much of Europe either. ...

... had some real adventures together. Gabrielle asks Xena if Eve can't be changed, can Xena kill her. Xena says yes, if she has to. Later, Xena mounts up and says she has to go to Ostea, the last Eli follower stronghold. Xena rides off. Gabrielle wakes up Virgil, and tells him if she isn't back by morning, then they should go on to Ostea as planned to meet Xena. She says she has to go keep Xena from doing something she'd never...