Word: consulant
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...story. Coriolanus, a great warrior and fierce hero of early Rome - scornful, intolerant, and an early masterpiece of political incorrectness - so offended the plebeians by refusing to flatter and truckle to them (he was supposed to kiss babies and campaign for their approval in order to be ratified as consul) that they mobbed up and came close to throwing him off the Tarpeian Rock. They settled for banishing him from Rome forever. Coriolanus requited their hatred by allying himself with their enemies, the Volschians, and marching on Rome...
...easier for President Bill Clinton in his desperate quest to pull the two sides together. Two weeks ago, Clinton laid out for the Israelis and Palestinians a set of parameters for restarting talks. Israel gave a guarded "yes, but." Diplomatic sources say that last weekend the U.S. consul-general in Jerusalem, Ron Schlicher, called Arafat aide Nabil Abu Rdeineh to say the White House didn't require a definitive answer on tricky questions like the right of return for refugees or the status of Jerusalem, only another "yes, but." After Arafat's three hours of talks with Clinton Wednesday, Palestinian...
...viewing was sponsored by the Canadian Consulate to Boston. The consulate had originally planned to hold the event at its New England headquarters but changed the location to the ARCO Forum to meet demand, said consul representative Dean Sherratt...
...consul funded the satellite link to the CBC, Canada's largest national television network. Because Canadian law prohibits election results from being broadcast in any region before the 9 p.m. poll closings, attendees tuned in to CBC stations in a number of Canada's six time zones throughout the night...
...feel that if these Palestinians, whether of their own volition or at the urging of others, are out on the streets as a part of the attack on Israel, then Israel cannot be blamed for the loss of their lives as it defends its people. As the Israel Consul General exclaimed, "Keep the children away. They must be the seeds of peace, not the sacrifices...