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...TRAVEL The Dalmatian Coast This year skip the French and Italian Riviera and head for Croatia's Dalmatian Coast, where mountains meet the shimmering Adriatic Sea. The region is still relatively undiscovered, which means unspoiled beaches and affordable prices even in the medieval walled city of Dubrovnik. Berlin and Munich For football fans, Germany is the place to be in June and July when the country hosts the World Cup for the first time as a reunified nation. The opening game will be played in Munich's new Allianz Arena, the final will be in Berlin's Olympic Stadium...
...first, by Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, was prompted by the release of Steven Spielberg’s film “Munich,” which portrays Israel’s efforts to avenge the murders of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games by the terrorist group Black September...
...trouble with this ‘cycle of violence’ perspective is that it confuses cause and effect,” Dershowitz wrote in the op-ed. “The period immediately preceding Munich was plagued by airline terrorism [and]...this long pattern of high-publicity, low-risk hijackings is what encouraged Black September to up the ante by infiltrating the Olympic Village in Munich...
...hope Munich is a big success. The story of the Israeli athletes who were cold-bloodedly murdered should never be forgotten. I wish there were more brave people like Spielberg. He is willing to tell the truth in his movies and make a difference. Elena Shumsky Orlando, Florida...
...Sweating the Details Steven Spielberg's Munich is about the terrorism at the 1972 Olympics and the revenge that followed [Dec. 12]. In 1997, TIME talked with the director while he worked on Amistad, the story of a Spanish ship that took abducted Africans...