Word: bedrocks
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...effect on two sides so hate-soaked and at odds. When Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia offered in February to broker Israel's peace with the Arabs in exchange for a Palestinian state, the plan was applauded as a step forward--although land-for-peace has been the bedrock premise for ending the conflict since 1967. Now even that basic idea is at risk, since both sides have trampled their interim agreements, nullifying virtually every step they ever took in search of peace...
...effect on two sides so hate-soaked and at odds. When Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia offered in February to broker Israel's peace with the Arabs in exchange for a Palestinian state, the plan was applauded as a step forward--although land-for-peace has been the bedrock premise for ending the conflict since 1967. Now even that basic idea is at risk, since both sides have trampled their interim agreements, nullifying virtually every step they ever took in search of peace...
...Queen" producers initially refused to meet with her - she had to pay for a plane ride to Los Angeles and pick up her own hotel bill in order to get a screen test. For "The Flintstones" Berry had to fight to get filmmakers to cast her and thus integrate Bedrock - in the end she took a role as a character called "Sharon Stone" that had been written for another actress - namely Sharon Stone. Berry took her role in "Monster's Ball" for virtually no money...
...refusal to help solve Afghanistan's woes: the U.S. has become a major part of the problem. By backing the Northern Alliance, Washington has empowered a group of warlords of minority Tajik, Hazara and Uzbek descent to rule over the Pashtuns?Afghanistan's largest ethnic group and the bedrock of Taliban support. And by rearming the warlords to hunt down al-Qaeda and the Taliban, the U.S. has also unwittingly helped fuel further conflict. According to U.N. special representative for Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi, "The war against terrorism creates its own problems. In particular, you have more arms. We're trying...
...maxim of Harvard Law School reads “Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege”—“not under man but under God and law.” The notion that all people are equal before the law is a bedrock of the American judicial system. All defendants have the same degree of accountability for their actions, whether they are rich or poor, whether they are male or female, whether they have spent their lives studying rocks or quarrying for stones. Being an eminent professor gives no special license to break...