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Coming from Arafat, flexibility sounds like double-talk. It is double-talk. That is often the language of politics, particularly in the Middle East, where the vocabulary of straight talk is almost always made up of fighting words. Arafat may still be talking out of both sides of his mouth, but there is an important change in the ratio: there are fewer euphemisms for terrorism and more code words for a negotiated settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict...
...quiet of the perimeter to the violent collisions of leviathans under the hoop. But Jordan is most dangerous around the basket, with his arsenal of double-clutch lay-ups and hyperspace dunks over men very nearly a foot taller. Through it all, Jordan's tongue dangles from his mouth, his universally recognized trademark and a testament to his intense concentration...
Even so, pent-up public enthusiasm for a new American musical of any kind was so great that despite bad word of mouth, some 90,000 customers came during previews, most paying the full price of $50. Says Rubin: "We made a profit during previews." The show built up advance sales as high as $10 million; they still stood at more than $3 million after opening. The day after the barrage of punishing reviews appeared, the box office sold almost $40,000 worth of tickets...
Here the Queen of Sheba once ruled. Here the Magi bought frankincense and myrrh. Here Arabian trade routes crisscrossed, bringing exotic spices, precious cloths and treasures from the East. Here too in 1967 devout Marxists won independence for their moonscape land at the mouth of the Red Sea. After 128 years of British colonial rule, they were determined to use the precepts of socialist orthodoxy to yank a remote Arab nation into the 20th century. The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, or simply South Yemen, set up a Moscow- style government and forged close ties with its mentor...
...earthquake, says he was told by a Soviet doctor in Yerevan that his help was not needed. "The problem is there is no central organization at Yerevan to dispatch people and equipment," Frechette said. "No one knows what anyone else is doing. Information passes simply by word of mouth...