Word: lifting
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...continued uprising in the West Bank and Gaza provides ample proof of why Israel has not been able to lift road closures and checkpoints. The very same day that the Israeli army eased closures in the Gaza Strip as arranged by Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, two Hamas terrorists infiltrated a Jewish settlement and killed two Israeli teenagers. In exchange for the lifting of roadblocks, Arafat was supposed to clamp down on Hamas and other terrorist organizations. Israeli intelligence claims that Arafat had prior knowledge of the Hamas attack but did nothing to prevent...
...Michigan (10-2) to overtime on Sunday afternoon and came a goalpost’s width away from stealing the game in regulation. But Michigan senior Catherine Foreman, a back from Australia, beat Zacarian from the top of the circle just two minutes into 7-on-7 play to lift the Wolverines to a 2-1 victory...
...contract with his Washington Wizards. This is probably the first time in the history of the NBA that the temporary resignation of a part owner and director of basketball operations has caused a run on season tickets. The questions abound: Can he play? Can he play well enough to lift a team that has made the play-offs exactly once in the past 13 years? What effect will 82 games on wooden floors have on his 38-year-old knees? And finally, why? Jordan insists he's doing it for the love of the game. Maybe so: he has promised...
Wondering why everyone you know is saying at some point during the day, “I have to go work out?” Well, puzzle no further. The Malkin Athletic Center (MAC), once the dilapidated home to rusted Nautilus machines, underwent a startling face-lift this summer—and the snazzy renovations have perkily-ponytailed gals and muscle-T clad guys waiting in line...
...choose the path of least destruction for Pakistan. In Pakistani-U.S.talks, neither side has raised any question of a payoff for Pakistan. "It would seem like we were putting a price on Osama's head," says a Pakistani official. In the short run, though, the U.S. plans to lift economic and military sanctions, and it may lean on the International Monetary Fund to release emergency funds and reschedule loans that Pakistan desperately needs...