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Police said they have one suspect in the case, whom they described as a Black mark 5'10", with a small beard and a small Afro, wearing a brown plain shirt. Their investigation so far has turned up nothing...
...discussion of the region's long history of conflict over land and (move often) religion has quite a different flavor. With detail worthy of Plains. George's most famous Sunday school teacher, Carter devotes five pages in the book's introduction to a recap of the book of Genesis. Similarly, he describes how, during his first visit to Jerusalem he awoke before dawn to "catch a flavor" of the ancient city as if "might have been two thousands years earlier when Jesus strolled the same streets." For Carter juxtaposing ancient history and yesterday's news is essential. But for readers...
...detention of the prisoners in Israel may well be related to secret negotiations to obtain the release of three Israeli prisoners being held by Palestinians in Syria. Western diplomats in Beirut put the matter bluntly. Said one: "In plain language, they are hostages. They won't be released for as long as the resistance keeps up its attacks...
Hans Hollein bristles at being called a master of the exquisite small space. He denies that his architecture depends on perfect, peculiar details and even disagrees with the plain truth that his buildings are playful. It may be that Hollein, a Viennese, is habitually defensive about his work because so much of it has been both small scale and high end: jewelry stores, a travel agency, an art gallery. The quirky architect will not have to worry about professional stature any longer. Last week, a few days after his 51st birthday, Hollein was awarded the seventh annual Pritzker Architecture Prize...
...PLAIN folks, sending a telegram overseas usually costs about a dollar or two. But last week Washington spent $1.5 billion on a message to our allies and the Soviets. By okaying funds for the controversial MX missile and thereby ending years of rancorous debate, Congress showed for all the world its readiness to back President Reagan's peace through strength rhetoric with action...