Word: jerusalem
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...outlines of the new Armageddons. These are only "What ifs?" he insists, so there cannot really be details. Yet his war scenario resounds with almost biblical force. The next time a tyrant out of some modern Babylon (Baghdad, Tehran or Tripoli, for example) threatens an American ally (Riyadh, Cairo, Jerusalem) the U.S. doesn't immediately send legions of soldiers or fleets of warships. Instead Washington visits upon the offending tyranny a series of thoroughly modern plagues, born of mice, video screens and keyboards...
...goes from an entry level position at Mademoiselle, to copy editor at Vogue, to managing editor at Mademoiselle, and finally to the editorial board of the New York Times. As she climbs the ladder of the publishing world her memoir brings us along to fashion shows, to Paris and Jerusalem on business, to consciousness raising groups in the '60s and religious fanatic retreats in the '70s. It is a whirlwind trip, which Cantwell successfully carries on with compelling insights into her own life, and the society that surrounds...
...pulling out of all Palestinian cities, towns and villages in the West Bank, remaining only in positions necessary for protecting Israeli settlements. But the Israelis say they will leave just four cities for now, and that further redeployments will stretch into mid-1997. Arafat's chief representative in Jerusalem, Faisal Husseini, has called the drawn-out scheme a "disaster" for the Palestinians...
...Creator. The New Testament enlarges him. Like most religious scholars, Pagels believes the Gospels were set down in the latter half of the first century, after the defeat of the Jewish rebellion against Rome. "Wartime literature," she calls them, reflecting the divisions among Jews traumatized by the sack of Jerusalem and the destruction of their temple...
Marries hiring and subsequent firing had beenrumored around Harvard during the past week. Thestory has now been reported by newspapers radiostation and wire services ranging from theAssociated Press to the Jerusalem Post...