Word: peninsulas
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...need for a diplomatic success somewhere, anywhere, given the quagmire in Iraq and the stalemate over Iran's purported nuclear-weapons program, the Administration could not be accused of overhyping what it got in Beijing. This was not a comprehensive solution that could bring about a nuclear-free Korean peninsula-a goal that, Bush aides say, the President has eagerly sought. But it was, Washington insists, an important first step toward that goal-"an early harvest," as U.S. negotiators like to call it. "Little plants come up," Hill says, "and you harvest those immediately...
Even Jesse Jackson, who is often viewed as a polarizing figure, transcended the racial divide with his stunning upset of Michael Dukakis in the 1988 Michigan caucus. Not only did he win landslide victories in Detroit, but he also drew a surprising measure of white support in the Upper Peninsula, and in cities like Kalamazoo, Ann Arbor, and Saginaw. Like Patrick and Obama, Jackson’s popularity was based on the broad appeal of his message, which focused on jobs, a higher minimum wage, education, housing, and day care for working women. These examples reveal that black candidates...
...stance toward North Korea - does it want a nuclear deal with Pyongyang or does it seek to punish it via isolation and sanctions - has been resolved. As a senior Administration official told TIME in mid December, "Our clear priority is reaching an agreement for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula...
...Israel was fighting for its life. The neighboring Arab states tried to annihilate the alien creation in its midst. At the end of the War of Independence in 1948, the Israelis held a C-shaped majority of the land that ran from Galilee in the north to the Sinai Peninsula in the south, leaving the Arabs only a central ear from Jerusalem east to the Jordan River and the tiny sliver of Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs fled their villages for Jordan, for Gaza, for the West Bank, for other Arab countries. Many landed in squalid refugee camps...
...about as long as the ski season lasts) the sea is too cold for much more than a quick dip. But it's exhilarating enough just sliding off a chairlift and seeing the Mediterranean on one side and Biblical Mt. Hermon on the other. Pinch yourself: the Arabian Peninsula is that...