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Rolling Stone gives it three stars and says "believe it or not, his album is a genuinely rocking detention-room blowout, a spew of motormouthed microwaved teen rebellion upholding the noble legacy of Twisted Sister" (Rob Sheffield).
Yasser Arafat, having tried to show the Israelis he's serious about upholding his end of the just-concluded peace accords by arresting scores of Hamas members, is now, reports the WP , being threatened in a Hamas leaflet with violent retaliation.
Scott Shuger explained that "Senate Republican leaders are feeling their oats over yesterday's Supreme Court decision upholding Proposition 209 and are suggesting that Lee and any other future nominees to the post will face a tough new standard on affirmative action."
Therefore, when journalists present the court's decision to decline to review a case as "upholding" the lower court's decision, they mislead and confuse the public.
The Los Angeles Times lead is the California Supreme Court's decision upholding the public's right to attend civil trials.