Word: graving
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...grants of additional powers that undermine the already weak fair use doctrine, the ability to use the existing pool of creative work to new ends—to publish documentaries that include stock footage and write songs that include samples of other songs, for example—is in grave peril. And if you were to ask Mr. Glickman, he would surely explain that the movie industry and all the wonderful creative engines behind it are on the verge of being overrun by pirates who are robbing honest workers of the money they need to feed their families...
Neither of those wishes came to pass. Arafat was interred last week in a temporary grave at the battered West Bank compound where he spent his final years, imprisoned by Israeli tanks. The closest he came to the Jerusalem holy site that Muslims call the Noble Sanctuary and Jews call the Temple Mount was the handfuls of dirt brought from the shrine to cover his casket. Palestinians attached handles to his marble tomb, to be ready for the day they can move it to the capital of their dreams...
...host of obstacles that have wrecked previous opportunities lie in the way. The chaotic tears and gunfire that accompanied Arafat to his Ramallah grave were emblematic of the conflicted, dangerous void he leaves behind. Despite the exhortations of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who called peace in the Middle East the "single most pressing challenge in the world today," Bush came out of a conclave with Blair last week offering no tangible sign--such as the naming of a special envoy or the convening of an international conference--to prove the U.S. was ready to back up its talk...
...White House that this time a year ago saw him barely twitching at about 10% in the polls, had shown exactly the kind of toughness his opponents claimed he lacked. He mortgaged his house, recast his team, renovated virtually every position he had ever taken and shook the grave dust off his suit several times before arriving at history's door. And then it closed in his face on a day when for a moment it had seemed to blow wide open...
...Enlightenment Roman tour guides, weary of answering questions from clueless tourists, have launched an educational campaign to persuade visitors to brush up on the city's history and culture before arriving. The guides can no longer remain polite in the face of queries such as "Where is Christ's grave?" and "Was the Colosseum built as a ruin?" When we all know it was made for the set of Gladiator...