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...reduced because of a 1997 court settlement that forced the city to decriminalize it and develop an elaborate system for dealing with it, citizens are demanding that the streets be cleared. New laws prevent sleeping on the beach and building shelters too close to one another. "They want to hide us with all kind of zoning tricks and such," says Steve Silva, 50, who makes $7 and a 5% commission selling Miami Heat tickets and lives in a shelter. "But it's a Band-Aid on a sucking chest wound...
...create understanding for - but not approval of - the motives of a person like Said." Don't pick up this book expecting a balanced look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Sabbah, who was granted access to the would-be bomber by the terror group Islamic Jihad, doesn't try to hide his sympathy for its cause, though he disagrees with its tactics. Der Tod ist ein Geschenk is presented as Said's first-person account, and portrays him much like the protagonist of a Greek tragedy, unavoidably pushed toward catastrophe by circumstances beyond his control. Sabbah made no attempt to corroborate...
...oppose such a war, which he dubbed a U.S. military "adventure." He has since softened his position, but - aware of overwhelming German opposition to a war - has been cautious about saying so. When the debate comes to the Security Council, however, Schröder will have no place to hide. To complicate matters, Germany's new ambassador to the U.N., Gunter Pleuger, will take over as chairman of the council in February. Schröder tried to give himself some wiggle room in his New Year's address, hinting that a war may be necessary to topple Saddam Hussein...
...certainly convinced by her portrayal. "She was devastating," says Styron. "The scene after she tells Stingo about her choice - the way she evoked pain through her body, writhing in agony on the bed and then getting down on the floor and crawling into a corner as if she could hide from her grief. It was just amazing." It's just one of the opera's many wrenching moments - and Kirchschlager is on stage for 16 of the 17 scenes, veering between emotional extremes that require physical as much as vocal exertion. "The acting is probably the most important thing...
...their burn rate. As the Gulf War showed, targeting difficulties made the SCUD an ineffective military weapon, although such imperfections would not diminish its appeal to terrorists. (That said, terrorist groups are not typically in the habit of acquiring such heavy conventional weaponry, because they're difficult to hide and deploying them requires extensive manpower and training...