Word: oslo
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...Bank is much more important to the Palestinians -- and the Israelis -- than is the Gaza Strip. Given the approach of this new phase of Palestinian self-determination, and given the wobbly but undeniable progress toward a secure peace that the Palestinians and Israelis have made since they signed the Oslo Accords in 1993, it might be expected that Arafat would display some joy and satisfaction these days. But he appears more fatigued than exhilarated, more fatalistic than hopeful. And the same can be said for his people...
...obvious as soon as Israel and the P.L.O. announced the Oslo agreement that the main test for Arafat would be to transform himself from symbol-agitator-roving propagandist to ruler-conciliator-at-home pragmatist. A year after his return to his homeland, he is still struggling with the challenge. His brand of leadership remains better suited to an activist on the run than an administrator on the job. His strength is political theater, not practical policy...
...scrambled for explanations. The report by Interfax, a Russian news agency, cited an unidentified military source reporting that a missile launched from northern Europe was destroyed at 10:30 a.m. (2:30 a.m. EST). The killer missile turned out to be a NASA-funded research rocket, launched from Oslo, Norway, to study the Northern lights. "We are a little puzzled by the report," said Erik Lanke, spokesman for the Norwegian Supreme Defense Command in Oslo after the Interfax report. Spokesmen for NATO, several European countries and President Clinton said they were looking into the matter. When the dust settled, Interfax...
...year ago this time, Nelson Mandela was standing amid a roar of adulation in Oslo as he received the Nobel Peace Prize, symbolizing the triumph of black African rights in his native land. Last week he had only words of hard truth for 2,000 blacks, many of them barefoot and clad in tatters, gathered at a soccer field among the shacks of Orange Farm, a township in the southern Transvaal. Seven months into his term as President of South Africa, the good times he promised have barely begun. "Don't expect us to do miracles," he told the crowd...
Gaarder, who is married and the father of two sons ages 10 and 18, teaches at a high school in Oslo. He wrote Sophie's World to fill a gap. Stores were full of New Age pap and other mystical mush, but there were no books that would introduce young people to serious philosophy. By trying to blend fantasy with head-cracking summaries of deep thought, Gaarder feared that he had "sat down between two stools. But I was mistaken. Sophie's World fell on top of all the stools...