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...library remained open throughout the construction period, albeit with some changes to entrances and exits within the stacks...
...Violence has continued, albeit at a slower tempo, throughout Powell's visit, and there is considerable danger of it intensifying after his departure. That won't do much to rescue Washington's deteriorating image among its allies in the Arab world. And appeals by Palestinian leaders for more forceful Arab support, accompanied by the images of devastation in Palestinian cities beamed around the world now that TV cameras are getting into Nablus and Jenin, could even stoke the fires of Arab rage against Israel and the U.S. in the coming weeks...
...official residence of the late Prince Souvanna Phouma (the end "a" was apparently dropped from the hotel's name at the government's insistence, so as not to "evoke the monarchy"). During the political storms that wracked the country before the communist takeover in 1975, Souvanna Phouma served twice, albeit briefly, as Prime Minister. He was also, in the late 1950s, Laos' ambassador to France...
...Israeli invasion came hours after 22 Arab countries endorsed a peace proposal by Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah that, for the first time in history, offers Israel normal relations with all Arab states, albeit in exchange for Israel's withdrawal from all territories occupied in the 1967 war and its agreement that Palestinian refugees be allowed to return to homes in what is now Israel. But any Arab-Israeli comity created by the Arab League's announcement disintegrated on Friday. Israeli Cabinet members agreed that the Beirut summit was a step toward Arab acceptance of Israel's legitimacy, but the terms...
...history department one-upped Romance languages with two platters (albeit black plastic ones) of about 100 white and dark chocolate-covered strawberries. Assorted soda, wafer sandwiches, Goldfish crackers, pretzels, gingersnaps, oatmeal raisin cookies and peanut butter cookies were served along with the same selection of Pepperidge Farm cookies that Romance languages had. Although the history department did lose on presentation—the Pepperidge Farm cookies were served in their paper ruffles and the pretzels in their plastic bag—the luxurious spread of foods did cause history concentrator Melissa M. Borja ’04 to exclaim...