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...minutes later, Crimson Captain Brad Kwong hooked down a Cornell skater who seemed reads to scoot free on a breakaway. But referee Harry Amman didn't call the penalty...
...entire evening was filled with controversy, as Amman disallowed an apparent goal for each of the teams...
...meeting had been promised for nearly a year, then scheduled, canceled and scheduled again. At one point Yasser Arafat vowed to hold it on a boat at sea if no other site could be found. The Palestine National Council, a sort of parliament in exile, finally convened in Amman last week for its annual session. Next to Arafat sat King Hussein of Jordan, who glossed over past differences with the P.L.O. leader to be host to the convention in his capital. "You have defeated attempts to impose guardianship," Hussein told the delegates, "and proved once again that the Palestine Liberation...
...PL.O.'s divisions were evident from the start of the five-day Amman conference, when roll call was taken and the names of missing delegates echoed through the Hussein Sports City auditorium. Since the Israelis would not allow the 180 delegates who live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to attend, only 249 members of the 374-seat council were needed for a quorum. To cobble the necessary numbers, Arafat aides persuaded the deputy speaker to appoint several dozen loyalists temporarily to vacant seats. On the second day the delegates voted to dismiss Khaled Fahoum, the council speaker...
...Amman resembled an armed fortress, mostly out of fear that Arafat or Hussein might be assassinated. Green-bereted soldiers stood watch on rooftops, roads were blocked, and helicopters clacked overhead. At the Regency Palace Hotel, where Arafat stayed, P.L.O. aides tested the food before it was served. The city held a bitter nostalgia for host and guest alike: in what became known as the "Black September" of 1970, Hussein's army began to expel the P.L.O.'s guerrillas from Jordan...