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Sharon's showy tour of the Haram al-Sharif, or Temple Mount, one of Islam's holiest places, home of the al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, is what sparked off the intifadeh. A new intifadeh looked like a good bet to Arafat, or else he would not have fanned the flames by unleashing the Tanzim. The 1987-93 uprising he directed against Israel from Tunis was a watershed in Palestinian history. It made Israel start dealing with the P.L.O. "If you are reaching a historic agreement, you need a big shock first," notes an Arafat aide...
...Lebanon. After this episode, he was the subject of an inquiry commission by his own government, which found him indirectly responsible for the massacre, a decision that forced him to resign. Most recently, he has gained notoriety as the man who entered the holy Islamic site at the Dome of the Rock in September, 2000, escorted by 1,000 police, an event which kicked off the current Palestinian uprising. The title of his autobiography is Warrior. His nickname is Bulldozer. He is considered a war criminal by many, especially in the Arab world. A man who committed acts like those...
This is Beat Takeshi country, this TV Asahi soundstage that looks like one part Vegas lounge and one part Starship Enterprise. In front of a long desk where Beat holds court is a large half dome with flashing neon lights. Behind him in cylindrical pods are a contorted mannequin's torso, several fake strands of DNA and blinking white Christmas tree lights. Flanked by lesser television personalities and second-tier celebrities, Beat Takeshi presides on TV Tackle as the highest of Japanese pop culture royalty, an imperious entertainer whose every twitch and tick and grunt and sniffle elicit commentary...
Until he disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1996, the ibis, also known by his Latin name Ibis Threskiornis, was soldered to the onion-shaped dome of the Lampoon building. After the bird's reappearance in November, the fun-loving Lampoon dispatched its lawyer to retrieve the ibis from The Crimson, and the newspaper eventually agreed to return the mascot in time for the magazine's 125th anniversary celebration in early February...
...problems of STEVEN SPIELBERG. The director's Brentwood, Calif., neighbors have organized against him because of a planned addition to his 2,400-sq.-ft. home. Prosaic enough, except that the proposed addition is a five-story, 27,000-sq.-ft. riding-ring-and-stable complex with a retractable dome for horse-loving wife KATE CAPSHAW, estimated to cost $7 million. "It's just astounding and obnoxious," claimed an attorney for nearby homeowners. Both sides will argue the case at a zoning hearing Jan. 4. As if that weren't trouble enough, Spielberg found...