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...Barak, of course, is not naïve enough to believe he can get a final peace deal in the next four to five weeks, despite the last-ditch effort by President Clinton Wednesday to interest both sides in a comprehensive U.S. settlement proposal that would give the Palestinians 90 percent of the lands occupied by Israel in 1967, and split sovereignty over Jerusalem in a complex formula. Nobody is particularly optimistic about the deal flying at this late stage. For one thing, it may be only a matter of weeks before "The Bulldozer," whose nickname was earned largely...
...Barak, of course, is not naïve enough to believe he can get a final peace deal in the next four to five weeks, despite the last-ditch effort by President Clinton Wednesday to interest both sides in a comprehensive U.S. settlement proposal that would give the Palestinians 90 percent of the lands occupied by Israel in 1967, and split sovereignty over Jerusalem in a complex formula. Nobody is particularly optimistic about the deal flying at this late stage. And besides, it may be only a matter of weeks before "The Bulldozer" is in charge...
...just minutes before the final vote, saying her last-ditch attempts at persuasion had failed and saying it was clear the Broadway site would prevail, Decker said she was "prepared to move forward...
...both sides in the trial the stakes were high. For the Names it was a last-ditch effort to prevent Lloyd's from extracting some $75 million it claimed was still owed in underwriting losses. These "dissident" Names are what remains of an investors' rebellion against Lloyd's cash calls in the late '80s and early '90s as the asbestos and other losses totaling $12 billion started feeding into the system. Back in 1996, 95% of Lloyd's 34,000 Names agreed to a settlement offered by Lloyd's called Reconstruction and Renewal (R&R), which enabled them...
...shouting is over, at last. After their third and final debate, the candidates head back to their planes for a last-ditch fly-by over the swing states. Let's hope they got some rest last night, because it's going to be a tough 21 days; the race between George W. Bush and Al Gore is tighter than ever...