Word: east
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very sad when a world leader dies,especially one who was so committed to peace inthe Middle East and around the world," Kay said."It's frightening--with Hussein we've come to knowwhat to expect. It's a time of uncertainty--butI'm optimistic...
...those simple acts set off a seismic shock. Just as upsetting as the prospect of Hussein's nearing death was the stunning change in Jordan's royal succession. His demise under any circumstances would leave the world wondering how much more dangerous the Middle East might become without his moderation. But now his successor will not be the dutiful, seasoned Hassan, Hussein's 51-year-old brother, who has been Jordan's king-in-waiting for nearly 34 years. In the span of a few hours last week, Hussein sent Hassan an angry dismissal, accusing him of power grabbing...
...block," and Israel reacted without alarm. Many analysts regard the leadership turmoil in Jordan as less worrisome than that in other Arab states, where aging Kings and Presidents may soon give way to unfamiliar new rulers. Jordan's transition, says Anthony Cordesman, a Washington-based Middle East scholar, is only "the first step in a long process that will be going on for the next decade and will affect peace, energy and stability in the region...
...simian immunodeficiency virus), they found it had a substantially different genetic makeup. And when they compared Marilyn's genetic makeup with that of other chimps, they determined that she belonged to a different subspecies than the chimps that harbor the other SIV strains; those kindred chimps live farther east in the equatorial African rain forest. More important, Marilyn's virus closely matched the three major groupings of HIV-1 strains, whereas the other simian viruses appeared only remotely like the human virus...
Similar images emerge in Nattel's dreamscapes. Like most descendants of East European Jewry, Nattel has a knowledge of her ancestry only a few generations deep. Blaszka, then, is a fictional place where the Canadian author attempts to link emotionally and spiritually with her unknown forebears. Like Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County and Garcia Marquez's Macondo, Nattel's imagined backwater is shot through with mythic significance. Even the river of the novel's title surges with the metaphorical force of Mother Ganges...