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...Egypt and Jordan have recently visited the White House touting a peace plan in which both Israelis and Palestinians refrain from violence and respect existing agreements, eventually returning to the negotiating table to seek a comprehensive agreement. The subtext of their proposal appears to be that they'd lean on Arafat to rein in the militants if Washington can get Israel to exercise restraint. And Israel's speedy reaction to Washington's statement on Tuesday is likely to amplify Arab calls for the U.S. to take a more active role in refereeing the conflict...
...Arabs, who had expected a more evenhanded policy from the Bush administration, having seen Clinton as too pro-Israel. But Powell appears to have decided that the situation was threatening to get out of hand. And at some point, to stay in the middle, you have to lean to one side. A previous set of comments on the violence from the Bush administration had criticized both sides but been a lot heavier on Arafat; this time they were heavier on the Israelis. But they've stuck with the policy of not inviting Arafat to the White House until the violence...
According to Senior Lecturer on Environmental Science John Evans, who is on the faculty of the HCRA, Graham's political views might lean toward conservativism-but he disputes that he has accommodated his politics or his scientific study to the interests of the corporations who fund his work...
After the death of “mean and surly” family patriarch Daddy Bud, the Slocumbs congregate in the back-water Southern town where Daddy Bud and his wife initially settled down to raise their kids, hoping to lean on one another for support. However, when arguments begin erupting early on upon the family’s arrival on in the film, it is clear that the funeral is going to be a fiasco...
Coincidence? She didn't think so. One younger student, she said, had dutifully memorized the 10 "nonverbal communication skills" from our handout (vary your gaze, lean toward the patient, nod frequently, use hand gestures) and performed them all in rote sequence, prompting her concerned patient to ask, "Are you O.K., honey?" Another younger student, in a rush to get his patient's sexual history, asked her bluntly, "Do you have sex with men, women or both?" The grandmother of three, recovering from a heart condition, stared back dumbfounded...