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...Then what's holding up an agreement in which Israel would return the West Bank in exchange for peace with the Palestinians? The devil is in the details. While they have in principle come to agree that West Bank and Gaza will be a Palestinian state, there are other things that are important like actual boundaries, the future of Jewish settlements, the return of Palestinian refugees and the status of Jerusalem...
...book version of The Rest of the Story, first published in 1977, hit its 18th printing in four years. And on the Internet, you'll find 65,000 links to what is known as the Paul Harvey riddle: "What is greater than God, more evil than the devil? The poor have it, the rich don't need it. And if you eat it, you'll die." There is no evidence that Harvey ever read this on the air, but it's just the kind of whimsical poser that, because his name was attached to it, attracted a zillion Googlers...
...rebuilt in 1833, created this museum in his own house to showcase his massive collection of antiquities, artifacts and copies of Greek and Roman sculptures. Accessed via winding staircases, the narrow galleries are filled with plaster oddities: men fighting with griffins, single feet and knees, an acanthus leaf, a devil's face. Soane intended to create an Academy of Architecture, but ended up with a richly eccentric folly. For more information, go to www.soane.org. - by Lucy Fisher (See 10 things to do in London...
...expansion year, with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks adding two more television markets, $260 million in expansion fees, and another 324 games to the inventory of moneymaking possibilities. Attendance jumped 12%, with almost seven and a half million more people paying their way into ballparks. The per-game major league average improved by 4% to 29,054, the best it had been since before the strike hit. The ratings for games televised by Fox improved...
...Harvard men’s lacrosse team began its season with a bang, claiming a 9-6 upset over No. 5 Duke yesterday afternoon. The Crimson, who had not won against the Blue Devils since 2001, handed Duke its first loss of the season, dropping the Devils’ record to 2-1.Harvard dominated Duke in shooting during the contest, registering 45 shots on goal to the Devils’ 29. The Crimson had a 24-7 shot advantage in the first half alone.Harvard freshman Jeff Cohen also entered onto the collegiate lacrosse scene in fine form, filling in for pneumonia...