Word: chalkings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dark thing about medicine is that one thing or another gets every last one of us. We chalk up some great games but we never win in the finals. The big machines and fancy tests so often do only what they...
...neither has launched an all-out offensive, for fear of being blamed for declaring hostilities. But with government air raids and artillery barrages, Tiger suicide bombs and mine attacks, and executions on both sides, neither is keeping the peace. "The truce is still in place in theory," says Peter Chalk, a senior analyst at security specialist Rand. "But for all intents and purposes, it's back...
...almost every wall in Tiger territory, and stories about the kindness and wisdom of The Leader abound. Not an articulate man, Prabhakaran, 51, uses secrecy to build his mystique, rarely making public appearances. Many analysts see him as the single biggest obstacle to peace. "He's a warrior," says Chalk. "The best hope for peace is if Prabhakaran dies...
...newspaper last week: "If they insist on continuing their attacks, I will have to defend my country." Hawks are ascendant on both sides. DeVotta says elements in the government believe the split within the L.T.T.E. has weakened the rebels to a point where they can be beaten in war. Chalk and other observers predict a full-scale attack by the Tigers on Jaffna, accompanied by suicide bombs in Colombo. "If war breaks out it will spell doom to the entire country and create an unbridgeable ethnic chasm," says the L.T.T.E.'s Balasingham. That realization makes it no less likely...
...owner Della Levanos, 45, is determined to fight back. "Terrorism is a 21st century phenomenon," said Levanos, who says "fate" brought her to the Sinai 20 years ago from Australia and she never left. "London, New York, Madrid, Dahab. It could happen anywhere." Then she took a piece of chalk and scribbled a message in big letters on Tota's blackboard menu facing the promenade. "Stop Violence Everywhere," it said. "Stop All War." It's a new, less celebratory slogan for Tota. But after three successive terrorist attacks in what ought to be one of the most tranquil places...