The figures will explain exactly where Texas' 20,851,820 residents were living last year and identify them by race and ethnicity. Once they receive the numbers and spend a week crunching them by computer, legislators will try to redraw lines for districts in the U.S. Congress, the state House and Senate, and the Board of Education. Redistricting is the census' first and, perhaps, most tangible result of the constitutionally mandated decennial tally. Political boundaries of all kinds eventually will be reshaped based on the census, said Steve Murdock, chief demographer for the Texas State Data Center. The constraints, which include a ban on Palestinian workers going to their jobs in Israel and the withholding of tax revenues, do nothing to improve the security situation, Powell said after a two-hour meeting with Yasser Arafat at his headquarters.
Frustration leads to anger and then anger to violence.
Israel, in an effort to stem attacks on its soldiers and civilians, is using economic pressure as well as firepower. Peace talks have been shelved, and Powell said it will be a long time before they resume. The Pentagon inspector general report said preparedness is so bad that Guard members at one point were given mobile labs with air filters installed backward and gas masks with incompatible parts. Pentagon planners authorized 10 teams in 1998 with a goal that they be ready for duty in 2000. But the National Guard so badly bungled preparations that none met last year's deadline, the report said.