Word: laborative
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...Sharon and the U.S., fueled by warm gusts of optimism, there's been little substantive movement in the position of either side over the past couple of years. To be sure, Sharon is talking about leaving Gaza and four West Bank settlements, but despite the best hopes of his Labor Party allies in his new government that this would simply be the start of the fulfillment of the Oslo vision, Sharon and those close to him have left no doubt that they see such a move as a tactic to avoid being pressed back onto the roadmap and the completion...
Full Steam Ahead MIDDLE EAST Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the government would use "all its might" against settlers who violently resist the government's planned withdrawal from Gaza. A coalition deal signed between Sharon's ruling Likud party, the opposition Labor party and a small, ultra-orthodox Jewish group ensured the plan will have majority support in parliament...
...whale of a spectacle. A 300-lb. baby killer whale swam proudly with its brother and 5,000-lb. mom for the first time, after a SURPRISE BIRTH at San Diego's SeaWorld. The baby was born in front of 300 park employees. As the mother went into labor, a video team rushed to the scene and projected the birth live onto ShamuVision, a giant video screen. Scientific tests will soon determine the baby's sex and father...
...stars are frontiersmen, exponents of an in-your-face brand of American optimism. And thus sports, as Knight has asserted, are 'the culture of the U.S.' By exporting the culture he has conquered the world for America. Knight, however, does not believe empires last forever ... The pursuit of cheap labor, for example, can redound on the mighty. But Knight also believes in the eternal return-that Nike's pre-eminence can be restored again and again. Geoff Hollister, a sports consultant who has worked with Knight for 25 years, advises rivals: 'Laugh at him once, and see how long...
...Employing a little-known 1789 law called the Alien Tort Claims Act, the suit argued that by virtue of its partnership with the junta, Unocal "aided and abetted" the Burmese army as its soldiers allegedly burned a baby to death, raped women and girls and forced villagers into slave labor to clear a path for the pipeline. Unocal has declined to comment beyond the statement outlining the settlement, which says that the company "respects human rights in all of its activities...