Word: details
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Legal scholars believe that a special tribunal, rather than any single nation's courts, would be the appropriate venue. Says Jochen Frowein, of the Max Planck Institute for International Law in Heidelberg: "A Security Council resolution setting out in detail how existing provisions on war crimes shall be applied is the only promising avenue...
...afternoon and evening, confusion emerged in the Holyoke Center room where management and union negotiators were gathered. A source said that in addition to "confusion," the anticipated agreement also foundered when a difference emerged over a small detail of the proposed salary package for the union's 3,500 members...
Judaism has been a fertile breeding ground for scientists, many of whom have no difficulty squaring their work and their faith. In his 1990 book Genesis and the Big Bang, Israeli nuclear physicist Gerald L. Schroeder argues in detail that there is no contradiction between the Bible's account of creation and current science. Schroeder also notes that the Ramban, the great medieval commentator on Scripture, had the remarkably modern insight that at the moment after creation, all the matter in the universe must have been concentrated in a tiny speck...
...Muppet Show. Kermit the Frog is Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy is Mrs. C., Gonzo is Charles Dickens . . . so this must be THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL, the first feature from Jim Henson Productions since the founder's death. Director Brian Henson hasn't his dad's genius for comic detail, and the film often sinks into the brown funk of a wake for the passed master. But when Kermit (now voiced by Steve Whitmire) says of his dead son, "I'm sure we shall never forget Tiny Tim," the film pays touching tribute to Kermit's creator and the blithe, antic...
...days go by, Clinton's team must quickly put some detail on these bare outlines. Team members are pondering the mess they will face in Somalia. By Washington's definition, U.S. troops will leave when they have made the country safe for relief efforts. In a letter to Congress last week, Bush said American soldiers would be there "only as long as necessary to establish a secure environment" for humanitarian efforts. "We believe that prolonged operations will not be necessary," Bush said...