Word: homely
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...against Arabs, gays and other groups. Israeli authorities said Yaakov (Jack) Teitel, 37, confessed to fatally shooting two Arabs in 1997 in retaliation for Palestinian suicide bombings. His alleged crimes also include stabbing and wounding an Arab man he believed had made a pass at him and bombing the homes of a left-wing professor and a family that belonged to a messianic Jewish sect; the professor and a 15-year-old boy were wounded in the two attacks. A West Bank settler born in Florida, Teitel reportedly kept bombmaking matériel and automatic weapons at his home. The attorney...
This year, Ho has been third on the depth chart, playing behind junior Gino Gordon and freshman Treavor Scales. Ho got one last day in the sun on the Oct. 3 contest at Lehigh. With Gordon dinged up and Scales home for a family funeral, Ho stepped up to the tune of 132 yards on 21 carries to lead the Crimson to a 28-14 victory over the Mountain Hawks...
...glass cases or velvet ropes at this museum, tel: (60-6) 283 1273. Instead, beautifully recreated interiors invite you to walk through the daily life of a rich 19th century Peranakan family, led by guides in period costume. You'll feel like you're snooping around in someone's home and that the residents have merely wandered upstairs or into a back room for a moment. What other museum insists you take off your shoes before exploring...
...with Prime Minister Thein Sein, who wields little actual political power, in the inland capital of Naypyidaw on the second day of their two day visit. They later flew to Rangoon to confer with 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi, who was allowed to travel from the home where she has spent 14 of the past 20 years under arrest to a downtown hotel where the diplomats were staying. (See pictures of Burma's slowly shifting landscape...
...contender for the job years ago. Now, the front-runners appear to be three low-key "fixers": Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. While all three may be somewhat bland and anonymous even in their home countries, they appeal to a growing number of E.U. countries - in particular the smaller ones - because they would excel at operating behind the scenes. (Read: "Opposition Grows to Tony Blair's Bid for E.U. President...