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...highest-ranking Saudi to ever attend a peace conference with the Jewish state, added that he would not shake the hand of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert or make a symbolic visit to Jerusalem before a peace deal. "The hand that has been extended to us has been a fist so far," he said. He warned Israelis against seeking a surrender, adding, "We don't need a Versailles for the Arab world, a peace that will only be an instigator of future wars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the Saudis Want from Annapolis | 11/25/2007 | See Source »

...have a chat? No, this is not theater. We are going seriously for peace negotiations. We are not going there just to take pictures of somebody shaking somebody's hand. We can't give false impressions to people. The hand that has been extended to us has been a fist so far. Once it opens for peace, it will be shaken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the Saudis Want from Annapolis | 11/25/2007 | See Source »

...most reliably strong Harvard programs, but it fell on hard times last year and only now seems to be regaining its place in the upper ranks of the ECAC. The same can be seen from the Celtics, who once ruled the Eastern Conference with an iron fist and are now making their return to the top.The biggest similarity between Harvard and Boston athletics, however, is not the number of teams that have succeeded, but in the expectations that are generated when they do. For better or for worse, winning has become so regular for Boston fans that...

Author: By Daniel J. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LAST WILLS AND TESTAMENT: Glory Days for Boston, Harvard | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...they would reliably tell Giuliani he was right. Giuliani forced out his innovative police commissioner William Bratton in 1996 after Bratton seemed to like the media spotlight too much for Giuliani's taste. But Kerik was loyal above all and ruled the sometimes lawless corrections operations with an iron fist. In 2000 Giuliani handed Kerik the 100-year-old solid-gold badge and named him New York's 40th commissioner of police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rudy Giuliani's Kerik Problem | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...newly debuted catchphrase: "Fired up!" Beat. "Ready to go!" Beat "Fired up!" Beat. "Ready to go!" This slightly manic release of tension and elation wasn't surprising. What was surprising was the person leading it: John Edwards campaign manager Joe Trippi, who punctuated each explosive slogan with a pumped fist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Obama Rock the Nomination? | 11/11/2007 | See Source »

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