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...like no other place in the world. For Jews and many Christians, it is the holiest city; for Muslims, only Mecca and Medina, both in Saudi Arabia, are more sacred. In its 4,000-year history, Jerusalem has been the focus of national and religious wars, from the Roman conquest to the Crusades to the struggle between Arab and Jewish communities during the British mandate of 1919-48. Israel established its modern capital in the western part of the divided city in 1950, two years after the country's founding. During the Six-Day War of 1967, it seized...
...that forcing a "precipitous transfer" of the embassy would be "damaging to the cause of peace." Former State Department Middle East Expert Harold Saunders told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "the final status of Jerusalem must be negotiated by the parties with interests there, not imposed unilaterally by conquest." U.S. Ambassador to Cairo Nicholas Veliotes told a group of Senators that he hoped they would give him some warning before they passed the Jerusalem bill so he would have enough time to move himself and his staff out of town before the riots started. It is not inconceivable that...
...rather than the adventuresome explorer, it is the meticulous instrument-maker who serves as Boorstin's model. His narrative is precise, detailed, and accurate, with only a few minor errors. This is only fitting, indeed, the theme of The Discoverers is "the conquest of common sense" by precise and accurate measurement...
Following the Persian conquest, Sardis became the Western capital of the Persian Empire, the center of command for the Greek cities along the Lonian coast. The city's wealth and importance was maintained because of its strategic location on the royal road to Susa, a corridor of exchange between East and West. Xerxes mustered his armies there intent on marching into Greece...
Then, with Mahbattan leading, 16-14, the Crimson stopped scoring for 5:54. The Jaspers proceeded to dash off to a 79-57. conquest...