Word: jerichos
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...Harlem-office decision in some ways certifies that connection. Ever since it became a prominent black area, around 1910, Harlem has been two contradictory neighborhoods-- both the Zebra Room and the Abyssinian Baptist Church. Rudolf Fisher, another Renaissance author, described the place in his novel The Walls of Jericho: It "remains for six nights a carnival, bright with the lights of theaters and night clubs...Then comes Sunday, and for a few hours Seventh Avenue...reflects that air of quiet, satisfied self-righteousness peculiar to chronic churchgoers...
...Some speeches fit the man and some don't. This one did. Bush's inaugural was hyperpoetic, filled with rococo imagery of "ghosts in the storm" and "travelers in Jericho." This time, it was plainspoken like the man: A little bit funny, a little bit tough. It was Andover and Midland. It had West Texas touches of humor but also echoes of Bush's grandfather, Connecticut sdenator Prescott Bush. When Dubya said of America "to whom much is given much is expected," he could have been talking about himself and his own privileged background. His talk about the nobility...
Today Erakat, 45, a political-science professor in owlish glasses and neatly pressed business suit, seems like the saddest man in the Palestinian territories. As Sharon takes over, Erakat is sitting behind his desk in Jericho, trying to make a joke about becoming unemployed. He reveals that following the Camp David impasse, Arafat and Barak were still conducting indirect but intensive secret negotiations aimed at achieving the comprehensive deal that eluded them in Maryland. He says a total of 53 working sessions, held as Barak was publicly refusing to talk until the violence ended, moved the two sides considerably closer...
Even so, experts insist communication is vital, and say people can't always make proper use of their rights unless employers know how best to accommodate them. Says attorney Susan Slavin of Jericho, N.Y., who represents chronically ill individuals: "Once you open that dialogue, you're protected. You can't advocate for yourself if someone doesn't know your condition...
Khatib's younger brother Issam also lost his job with the onset of this intifadeh. Issam was a receptionist at the Oasis, a casino in the Palestinian town of Jericho, part owned by Arafat and frequented almost entirely by Israelis. When the violence started, Israelis were barred from traveling into Jericho. The Oasis closed. "I didn't look upon the people who came there as Jews or Muslims," says Issam, who earned what was for a Palestinian the princely sum of $1,000 a month plus tips. "They were all just gamblers to me." Even if calm were restored...