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...bargaining teams also resolved the tricky question of jurisdiction over Israelis arrested for wrongdoing in the Palestinian enclaves. Palestinian authorities will deal with Israelis accused of minor offenses, while Israeli courts will take over major crimes. On the sensitive subject of the 8,500 Palestinians detained in Israeli jails, the two sides agreed that 5,000 will be released within two weeks after the signing of the accord...
...terms on the size of the self-rule district around Jericho. Israel prefers a token zone of 20 sq. mi., whereas the P.L.O. wants twice that area. The two leaders must also decide whether a Palestinian policeman will be stationed midway on the Jordan River bridge. It seems a minor point, but to the P.L.O. such a presence would go far to create an image of Palestinian sovereignty -- which is precisely why the Israelis oppose...
...their antitypes is a game that readers can play on their own after finishing the book. Let's see now. Suppose we choose basketball's retired superstar Michael Jordan as the epitome of a sports leader. Who could be the antitype? Well, why not Michael Jordan, struggling baseball minor leaguer...
Another brewing problem is the possibility that Mandela's estranged wife Winnie might get a minor Cabinet post. Though she was convicted in the kidnapping of a township youth who was later murdered, she scored an upset last year in winning election as head of the A.N.C. Women's League. This year the party put her high on its list for a parliamentary seat...
...first, the faint buzzing blends in with the crisp notes and trills of Glenn Gould's recording of Bach's "Prelude in C Minor." Perhaps the tape is a bad copy, or the stereo is acting up again. Then the distracting noise grows louder, more insistent, until it can no longer be dismissed as a mechanical error. In fact, it is Gould singing along with his own performance as he always did on the stage and in the recording studio. Throughout his search for technical perfection, he hummed along audibly and slightly off-key. In many ways the odd combination...