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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...wave of terror attacks and Israeli assassination strikes which together killed some 50 people on both sides underscored the impotence of the Arafat appointee who improbably carries U.S. hopes of pacifying the Palestinian street. Sharon didn't help matters when he publicly derided his Palestinian counterpart as a "featherless chick" who needed Israel to do his dirty work for him - a perception already shared by many Palestinians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Powell Save the Roadmap? | 6/18/2003 | See Source »

...scaly skin; tweaking the genes for the skull so that teeth appear instead of a beak; shrinking the wings, keel and wishbone (ostrich genes would be helpful here); massively increasing size and sturdiness of the body; and so on. Pretty soon they have the recipe for a big, featherless, wingless, toothy-jawed monster that looks a little like a cross between a dodo and a tiger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Clone A Dinosaur? | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

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