Word: lande
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William Kennedy Smith 1960- --Co-founded Physicians Against Land Mines, which helps victims...
...into the sky did not disperse, largely obscuring the fingernail paring of a moon that was out that evening. Stars were probably erased completely. Up and down the New England coast, other pilots began flying into the same soup. A number of them radioed the FAA for permission to land at alternative, inland airports, where visibility was better. But Kennedy, who never made radio contact throughout the trip, pressed on. Below his right wing, he may have seen the eastern tip of Long Island slipping past...
...wild ride! You would think, perhaps, that the Japanese would be used to it. After all, this is the nation that saw a helium-pumped stock market rise 500% in the 1980s, the country that experienced some of the world's fastest economic growth from 1949 to 1991, the land where "better, faster, cooler" products are a national obsession. But frankly, the Japanese are not enjoying the financial ride they are on at this moment. Since the start of the year, Japan's Nikkei index has gone up nearly 30%. (In the U.S., the Dow has risen 19%.) The country...
...place goes nuts, and Steve Jobs stands there beaming, a latter-day Moses who may yet manage to enter the promised land. --With reporting by Janice Maloney/San Francisco
Domestic political constraints appear to be preventing Barak from implementing the land transfers, which would leave a number of Israeli settlements as islands in Palestinian territory. "Barak doesn?t want to create a crisis in his own government this early on, by moving against the settlers and possibly provoking some of his coalition partners to withdraw," says Hamad. "But this isn?t a new issue, and as far as the Palestinians are concerned, it?s an Israeli issue. Arafat, too, is under immense pressure from within his own ranks to deliver on the promises of the peace process." Adding...