Word: documentation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Golan after the U.S. informed him that Syrian President Hafez Assad, in a change of positions, agreed to accept all the security arrangements demanded by Israel. The understandings, including details of withdrawal and normalization of relations, were then spelled out by the Clinton administration in a non-binding document, Azulai-Katz said. Two senior Israeli officials have denied that any such promise was made. McGeary reports that the report could further complicate the strained relations between Syria and the new Israeli government. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Clinton this week that he wants to start from scratch in talks...
...Tuesday, Lebed did what he always does when confronted by uncertainty. He attacked. The Security Council, which he heads, expressed doubt that Yeltsin had either written or personally signed such a harsh new order: the name on the document was just a stamped facsimile. The President, who was reported to have left for a two-day "vacation inspection trip" at a lakefront spa, maintained silence...
...melting pots of the cities. Even those who stay behind are finding the lure of Western music, culture and clothing irresistible. Nobody believes the trend can be stopped, or that it is necessarily a bad thing--for example, in the case of female circumcision. But scientists do want to document Africa's existing cultures before it's too late...
...photographers found Africa before they found each other. Beckwith had already photographed the Maasai when she and Fisher met in 1979. Fisher, a jewelry collector and designer, had mastered photography in order to document the body adornment of African tribespeople. Recalls Beckwith: "It only took us a week to decide to collaborate." They started with a Maasai warrior-graduation ceremony in Kenya and Wodaabe courtship rituals in Niger. Then, beginning in 1985, they spent five years photographing the everyday life of tribal peoples in the Horn of Africa, particularly Ethiopia, a project that resulted in an award-winning book called...
...These ceremonies are some of the most powerful events in these tribes. They promote healing and provide a powerful new sense of identity. Some of the rituals we've photographed no longer exist. And many of those that do have been altered by Western influences. We're trying to document as many...