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The deal was almost derailed at sunrise yesterday, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened not to sign the accord unless the U.S. released Jonathon Pollard, a well-known spy for Israel.
On This Week , Birch focused on civil rights and job discrimination, only to be derailed by George Will's first question: "Does basic, equal, civil rights include the right to marry?"
Critics are intrigued by the dramatic story of successful 19 th -century gynecological surgeon Mary Amanda Dixon Jones, whose career was derailed by a smear campaign.
Other appointments are never proposed and political campaigns are never launched (in addition to those that are famously derailed, like Gary Hart's) because of the threat that some sexual misadventure will become front-page news.
At age six or later, when the growth slows, the already derailed connections may no longer be able to incorporate experiences.