Word: bethlehem
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...American media there is disturbing news from the Holy Land. To quote the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information, "The specifics involve the construction of a new neighborhood for Israelis to be built in the southern part of Jerusalem aimed at creating an Israeli urban sprawl from Jerusalem to Bethlehem called Har Homa (in Hebrew meaning the Mountain of the Wall)." While more than half of the land on Har Homa is presently owned by Jews, there are several Palestinian villages which would need to be "re-located" in order for the construction of the homes to take place...
...Reebok is one of the worst of some 1,500 stocks in CalPERS' portfolio, god bless 'em. They could teach Warren Buffet a thing or two. Have they no Woolworths? The company hasn't been worth a dime in a decade. Times-Mirror trades below its 1987 peak. Bethlehem Steel has been pure lead for years. I don't know if CalPERS owns those awful stocks. The point is that real losers are out there. Dumping on Reebok is like saying you don't want Shaq on your team because he isn't Michael Jordan. Reebok founder and CEO Paul...
...BETHLEHEM, West Bank: Increased tension between Israel and Palestinians has tempered celebration of the second Christmas in Bethlehem under Palestinian rule. While last year's Christmas Eve turned into a joyous national celebration, Tuesday's atmosphere was more subdued, reflecting recent setbacks and delays in Arab- Israeli peace negotiations. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who failed to reach an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Israel's long-delayed pullout from nearby Hebron, was at the biblical birth place of Jesus to commemorate Christmas. Tourists traveling to Bethlehem were met with a gantlet of Israeli checkpoints, sniper towers...
...also the troubling figure of Santa Claus, or Saint Nicholas. There is a Christian saint named Nicholas, but he did not live with elves at the North Pole. And while Advent calendars carry the name of the religious season, some contain a Bible verse or piece of the Bethlehem story each day, and some contain chocolates. But this confusion can and should be cleared...
BORN: July 26, 1950, Bethlehem EDUCATION: Lehigh U, B.A., 1972; Georgetown U, J.D., 1977 FAMILY: Wife, Katherine Pecka; three children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Marines, 1972-74; Marine Corps Reserve, 1974- OCCUPATION: Lawyer; adjunct professor POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Democratic nomination for U.S. House, 1980; Pennsylvania House, 1983-91; sought Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, 1989; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1905, Bethlehem...