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To my mind, though, Jewish toughness of the sort that was in evidence in Entebbe, Uganda, 22 years ago, when armed Jews flew thousands of miles to rescue Jewish innocents from death, was one of the great moments in post-Holocaust Jewish history--a statement to the world that Jews will no longer sit idly by and watch themselves being oppressed.
After the arrival of Estrich, Bennett and I also wondered idly whether she would seize the chance to misrepresent our conversation as something unseemly, about which Bennett should be embarrassed.
Sand and sun Cuba certainly has, but most visitors who dare to step away from the beach will find it simply too beguiling to spend a whole holiday lying idly in front of their hotels.
What is it about modern life (I wondered idly) that makes entrepreneurs want to celebrate and sell its micro-ness?
While cops stood idly by, mobs trashed the buildings listed above, but they spared the Levi's outlet across the street from the American Center, and rentals of that marvelous Nora Ephron movie remain high, notes Steven Erlanger in the New York Times , so some good has come from these tragic events.