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...right wing of his coalition. This would be the last link in a chain of settlements surrounding the city that would permanently cut off the Arab part of Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank. Nothing inflames Palestinian opinion more than the creation of "new facts on the ground," especially those designed to foreclose Arab claims to the Holy City. Nor did the government make much pretense that it was doing anything less. "The struggle for Jerusalem has begun," said Internal Security Minister Avigdor Kahalani. "When we take this decision, we make it clear once and for all that...
...Breaking ground at Har Homa just as negotiations on a "final status" agreement were supposed to get under way last week seemed so unnecessary, so calculated to disrupt the delicate proceedings. To reassure his hard-line constituents that he would not back down, Netanyahu complained he was "fed up" with international charges that "everything we do is a violation of the accords and everything the Palestinians say is in compliance." To appease the peace camp, he tossed out an old proposal to accelerate the final-status talks so that agreement on the hard issues--such as Jerusalem, borders, Palestinian sovereignty...
PLEADED GUILTY. CAPTAIN DERRICK ROBERTSON, 31, to consensual sex, sodomy, adultery and conduct unbecoming an officer; in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Robertson, the first officer sentenced in the Aberdeen sex scandal, was booted out of the Army, and will serve four months in prison...
...Bush bailed out of a torpedo bomber under heavy Japanese fire in 1944, he promised himself that someday he would like to jump again for fun someday. Tuesday, the 72-year-old former President did just that, taking the plunge from 12,500 feet above the Army Yuma Proving ground. Two watchful jump masters kept the President secured to a harness until he deployed his orange, yellow and blue parachute at 4,500 feet. While eight other parachutists also made the jump, Bush was the undisputed star of the show. Flashing a thumbs-up at reporters, Bush, the only...
...downturn has been a brutal introduction to management for the young Nordstroms, who have learned the business from the ground floor up--first by sweeping out stockrooms and then by advancing through the ranks of buyers and managers. "We're very competitive," says Pete, who stands 6 ft. 7 in. tall and played junior varsity basketball while a student at the University of Washington. (His younger brother Erik joined him on the squad.) "There's a high sense of urgency to turn things around." Nordstrom points to some recent encouraging signs. Results in February were up "in all important categories...