Word: cedes
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...real Russell Crowe is not quite Aubrey, the unambiguously heroic fellow he plays in Peter Weir's splendidly bracing sea epic Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Sometimes, the actor comes off as a brute, a primitive: Crowe Magnon Man. So we gladly cede to others the honor of carousing or canoodling with him. We might lock up our daughters at his approach. We would not care to be within striking distance of his coiled wrath...
...Arafat is expected to name this week as the new Prime Minister, Ahmed Qurie, might get off to a better start. Senior Palestinian security officials tell TIME Qurie will demand full control of all 12 Palestinian security services. Under pressure from Egypt and the U.S., Arafat just might cede it, officials close to Qurie believe. If that happens, Sharon could be forced to reconsider Yaalon's unsolicited advice. --By Matt Rees, Aharon Klein and Jamil Hamad
...Prime Minister this week, Ahmed Qurie, might get off to a better start. Senior Palestinian security officials tell Time that Qurie will demand full control of all 12 Palestinian security services. Under pressure from Egypt and the U.S., officials close to Qurie believe, Arafat just might cede control. If that happens, Sharon could be forced to reconsider Yaalon's unsolicited advice...
...Stability's Sake GUINEA-BISSAU Three days after being ousted in a bloodless military putsch, President Kumba Yala formally resigned his post. Coup leader General Verissimo Correia Seabra accused Yala of causing "political instability" in the impoverished former Portuguese colony in West Africa. Seabra promised to cede power to a transitional government that would oversee elections. Yala, who remained under house arrest, dissolved parliament in November and canceled polls four times...
...believe that this shoe is really important. He is so good at acquiring trust that many of his clients who don't live in New York simply have him send whatever shoes he thinks might look good on them. And even when they do walk in, they cede power immediately. "Heidi Klum will come in here and say, 'Ben, I have five minutes. Find me a pair of shoes,'" he says. I really want to be a shoe salesman...