Word: lisa
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...With reporting by Lisa McLaughlin/New York
...Lisa Beyer/Jerusalem
...leaders settled none of the issues troubling the peace process, they did make unspecific, encouraging statements to the press. While Netanyahu praised the goal of assuring the "security and well being of Israelis and Palestinians alike," Arafat lauded the "peace of the brave." TIME's Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer notes that since Netanyahu has already made it clear he has no intention of pursuing the peace process the way his predecessors did, it is unsurprising that Israelis refused to make meaningful concessions in the meeting. "The results of the meeting fall far short of a return to a peace...
...fulfill the peace agreement, Arafat called the first general strike since May 1994. Throughout Palestinian areas of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, streets emptied as schools, stores and transportation shut down. "The strike is an act of self-flagellation," says TIME's Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "Like a hunger strike, the point is to bring attention to the Palestinian complaints. Itself, it is not a major event, but it telegraphs the fact that the Palestinians have reached the end of their rope. Arafat has tried to be extremely reticent in his reactions to Netanyahu's attempts...
...cadets have entered a Citadel that, wanting to keep its federal funding, would very much like them to succeed. "Two days after the Supreme Court ruled the all-male admission policy at VMI unconstitutional, The Citadel announced it would "enthusiastically" accept women as cadets," says TIME's Lisa Towle. "Some graduates railed at the school for caving in too soon. Others, argued for calm and acceptance. They understood that the college had indeed explored alternatives designed to keep the corps all-male and had come to the conclusion that, as the old saw says, you just can't get there...