Word: aviv
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...soldiers perished, a figure at the low end of the most hopeful forecasts. Iraq's bridges and dams and essential infrastructure survived. While no arsenal of chemical and biological weapons had yet been found, those arms had also not been used--on U.S. forces or on Tel Aviv. There was no crisis of refugees on the borders, though the U.N. had predicted 1.5 million. The oil fields were secure. The Turks and Kurds were not, for the time being, fighting a war within a war. It was a moment of relief to have at least come this far without those...
...seasoned underdog, Saban grew up so poor that his family shared a communal bathroom with streetwalkers in a Tel Aviv apartment building. After stints playing bass in a rock band and promoting concerts, he moved to Paris in 1975. One day he was watching an English-language TV show and realized the theme music might be popular on French radio. He could buy the foreign rights to such tunes for a pittance, he discovered, and by the early '80s, he was licensing entire shows, mostly for kids...
...oblivious to the situation with Iraq. Every possible precaution has been taken here. In fact, the only reason such a carefree attitude has been possible is because of the constantly careful forethought Israel is used to when it comes to security threats. Truthfully, I feel much safer in Tel Aviv, Haifa or Jerusalem than I would in New York, Chicago or Los Angeles because I trust the soldiers and security officers who stand at the entrance to every supermarket, cafe, bank and bus station...
...threat of terror Israel’s residents have learned to deal with in the past few years. Those who remember the Persian Gulf War 12 years ago recall hours spent in sealed rooms wearing gas masks waiting for the inevitable. In fact, 39 missiles did land in Tel Aviv and the surrounding suburban areas. Luckily, only one person was killed—no thanks to the American military support. The Patriot missiles supplied in 1991 had a 100 percent failure rate...
...That, at least, is the fear of Arab moderates like Marwan Muasher, the Jordanian foreign minister, an experienced diplomat who has served as the Hashemite Kingdom's ambassador to Washington and Tel Aviv. "We believe that radicalization has already started in the Arab world," he told me the day the American tanks rumbled into Baghdad. "Talk to anybody on the street...