Word: opted
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...only a couple of seconds long - but a produced propaganda tape. Intercut with Pearl?s statement are war scenes from the Palestinian territories: an injured baby, Israeli soldiers. Using Muslim grievances to justify slaughtering a Jewish civilian should be insulting to all those whom the terrorists want to co-opt. But it evidently is not, given the terrorists? continuing ability to win recruits. We may already know that intellectually. But the video makes this noxious logic searingly real. I sweated through every moment of watching the damned thing. I paused it every few seconds and paced, checked my e-mail...
...favorites?caviar, borscht, chicken kiev?are available. But the signature dishes spring from Sakhalin's abundant bounty of fresh seafood, game, fruits and vegetables. Start with an appetizer of scallops bathed in a mustard sauce. The tangy dish will leave you wishing it was offered as a main. Or opt for the Kapriz salad cocktail of roast beef, mild white cheese, boiled eggs, pickled cucumber, garlic and an earthy herb vinaigrette. Move on to a salmon and saury combination: slices of juicy fish baked with herbs and green and black olives and topped with a pastry cup of red caviar...
...Delhi remains in a difficult position, however. It can't afford to escalate to a nuclear confrontation, and yet it may have reached the point where it can no longer refrain from responding to attacks from Pakistani-controlled territory. India could opt to launch air strikes or even commando raids at training camps used by the insurgents on the Pakistani-controlled side of Kashmir and in Pakistan itself. But once battle is joined, it may quickly assume a dangerous logic of escalation...
...region of Oman, and rock rose, which grows on barely accessible Omani hillsides. Amouage comes in clever minaret-shaped bottles decorated with traditional Omani designs. One of these gold and leaded crystal bottles will set you back about $3,000 in Paris or London, so you might want to opt instead for a $5 bottle of scented oil from the souk. That's more than enough to conjure up the flavor of Oman long after you have left the "land of frankincense...
...militant than those around Arafat, fiercely critical of the corruption and authoritarianism that became the hallmark of his administration, and impatient with Arafat's strategy of negotiations which they see as doing little to end the occupation. Arafat's reaction to their challenge, however, was to attempt to co-opt them, by providing funding and political support. And it was the Tanzim that "represented" Arafat in the violent confrontations with the Israelis that began in October 2000, helping Fatah reclaim the leadership of the streets from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, although they were happy to coordinate their actions against...