Word: ariel
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...Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, for his part, has plainly had to have his arm twisted even to go along with the latest cease-fire effort - it reportedly took a week of daily phone calls from Washington to convince him to allow last week's meeting between Arafat and foreign minister Shimon Peres. Sharon's labeling of Arafat as "our Bin Laden" and the 16 incursions his forces launched into Palestinian-controlled territories in the week following September 11 suggest he'd expected the terror attacks would create a diplomatic climate more favorable to a military escalation against Arafat...
...Ariel Z. Weisbard ’02-’03 spoke about the similarities of the people who control Harvard and those who control state politics, calling the Harvard Corporation “seven out-of-state millionaires...
...Wednesday's meeting between Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat to discuss restoring the failed cease-fire was less significant for what it achieved (not much) than for the fact that it happened at all. Although the meeting was arranged before the September 11 attacks, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had immediately afterward ordered his foreign minister to cancel the talks. Sharon branded Arafat "our Bin Laden" and ratcheted up Israeli military activity in the West Bank and Gaza, mounting 16 incursions into Palestinian Authority-controlled areas in the week following the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. Sharon's change...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich has created quite a following. Her girl-power quote has graced pins, mugs, and even a manifesto website by one “Lordess Ariel the Third Esquire.” Now, Ulrich bumper stickers are the latest rage. The company “one angry girl designs” (motto: taking over the world, one shirt at a time) takes feminism to an entirely different level...
...conflict. The increased American pressure may have been one of the reasons that Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Yassir Arafat has called on Palestinians to observe a cease-fire. In the past, his declarations have met with resistance from Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and other militant groups. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s line has also softened since last Friday, when he branded Arafat a terrorist and accused the PA of harboring terrorist groups. Despite the cancellation of weekend talks, there are indications that Arafat has in recent days begun to rein in terrorist groups working from within...