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...result of the expansion is an ever-growing number of pilgrims pouring into a remote site for a two-week period, increasing the likelihood of tragedies. In 1994, 207 Indonesian pilgrims were killed in a stampede as worshippers surged toward a cavern for the symbolic ritual of "stoning the devil," while in 1990, 1,426 people died during a stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel that leads from Mecca to Mina. Although Mohammed bin Al-Suhaily, director-general of the Saudi defense agency, said that 181 pilgrims are dead and 800 injured, witnesses placed the number of dead at more than...
...welfare rolls by 20 percent over the past four years, union leaders have been expressing concern that many of those welfare workers are taking jobs away from low-income union workers, and applauded the new proposal to meet the welfare goals by placing the workers in federal jobs. "The devil is in the details, and we'll look at the details closely," said David Smith, public policy director for the AFL-CIO. "But it seems to be a step in the right direction." While Clinton?s initiative takes the heat off the unions, the jobs are nothing to hang your...
Arafat played his own devil's hand. As anger rose over Har Homa, the wily Palestinian leader publicly ordered his followers to abjure violence and protest peacefully--and also freed dozens of Hamas warriors from Palestinian jail cells, including military-operations chief Ibrahim Maqadmah. If he did not literally give "the green light" for the attack, as Netanyahu charged, he did not have to. Within minutes, Hamas proudly claimed responsibility. At a rally in Gaza, Maqadmah bragged, "Jerusalem will not be restored by negotiations but only by holy...
...budget--not all of which, frankly, is visible on the screen, reached a reported $90 million. The two stars did not get along during the shoot, and one of them has publicly dissed the movie prior to its release. Sounds like they're dressing up The Devil's Own for a fall, doesn...
...half-reveals strong feelings better than he does--and director Alan J. Pakula's analogous strengths. Pakula (Klute, Presumed Innocent) develops his story patiently, without letting its tensions unravel. At a moment when everyone is saying the studios have lost the knack for making solid, broadly appealing entertainments, The Devil's Own suggests the skill may be only mislaid. Of course, it helps when you hire grownups...