Word: concessioners
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With the killings and counterkillings coming so fast that locals can barely absorb the news of one outrage before the next takes place, it feels like the beginning of something different--an atrocious new phase in an already gory conflict. Militants on both sides boast that they are ready for...
Sharon's actions are not necessarily contradictory. He knows the U.S. will face pressure to restrain Israel from the Arab regimes Dick Cheney is lobbying this week for help in the fight against Saddam Hussein. Raising the ante ahead of Zinni's visit allows Sharon to paint the inevitable retreat...
Bradby could hardly have found a better setting for his smoky police yarn than this chaotic entrepot. In 1926, Shanghai was run by a trinity of competing interests. There were separate law enforcement offices for the International Settlement and the French Concession and cooperation was strained at best. And in...
Romania has also objected. In December, officials in Bucharest pledged to block the law unless some of the benefits, such as facilitated work permits, were extended to all Romanian citizens - a concession that Hungary, under pressure, agreed to make. Still, local officials like Mayor Funar have threatened to fire civil...
Minutes later I learned I was right when the door to the courtyard opened and a small, wiry man with a hardened set to his face walked through. The throng of elders leapt up. They crowded the man, each shaking his hand, some kissing it, before bringing him towards us...