Word: dealing
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JERUSALEM: Before Benjamin Netanyahu won the Prime Ministership from Shimon Peres, Israeli officials had already struck a deal to create a Palestinian state, according to a senior adviser to Peres. In exchange for statehood, the Palestinians were prepared to drop demands for a capital in East Jerusalem, and allow Israel to annex about 10 percent of the West Bank. That understanding has been tabled by Netanyahu. His spokesman describes the deal as an "intellectual exercise," since neither side had formally agreed to them. Peres and Arafat reportedly had some doubts about the proposed settlement, but felt the understandings might serve...
...this was not the handiwork of an established group. Any major terrorist organization would have claimed credit by now, cashing in the political chips they bought with other people's lives. There is a twisted sense of comfort in fingering an established suspect. You feel as if you can deal with them, kill them, contain them, do whatever it takes to stop the violence. But at least you have that precious commodity, so elusive in terrorist attacks: a sense of control...
...nothing compared to his questions. First came: "How many of you watch 'E.R.?'" Several of us raised our hands proudly and several others followed sheepishly. "Um hmm" came his victorious reply as he made notes--he had caught us! After that, I just tuned out, not really wanting to deal with why the lawyer was asking me if I watched a popular medical drama in order to determine if I was qualified to sit on a gun possession case...
Sullivan pointed to a trend since the 1960s of consolidating smaller lots into single large units. He said this process has stripped the Square of a good deal of architectural diversity and aesthetic appeal...
What does smoking a cigarette have in common with snorting cocaine? Not a great deal, or so most people like to believe. In fact, for weeks Bob Dole has been playing into the conventional wisdom--and the hands of his supporters in the tobacco industry--by saying on campaign stops across the country that though nicotine may be habit forming, that doesn't necessarily make it addictive. Scientists, however, say otherwise. And last week, in an article published by the journal Nature, a team of Italian researchers provided perhaps the most compelling reason yet to classify nicotine as an addictive...