Word: potatoes
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Jerusalem has been in the middle of a game of hot potato ever since. The main obstacle: how to assemble a Palestinian delegation that gives Arafat a voice but allows Israel to pretend that the P.L.O. is not party to negotiations. So far, no formula has been found. While the U.S. is growing impatient with Shamir's delaying tactics, President Bush appears unwilling to expend his political capital by pressuring Shamir. Privately, many U.S. officials have concluded that Shamir is incapable of compromise...
...encourage them to follow their own interests, one hopes with taste and grace. We probably could not change them if we wanted to. It is worth noting that each of the four former Presidents has reverted to form with a vengeance. Reagan is back on the mashed-potato circuit (raised to a world-class level), taking fat fees for propounding his doctrine of hope and reward. Carter, who always was a better missionary than a President, now has the stature and the means to tread the globe's troubled pathways relentlessly urging reform and righteousness...
...test my source's reliability, I asked him to repeat the "potato catechism." He lowered his voice and began, "O'Brien, lyonnaise, new potatoes, oven-broiled, mashed, skincredibles and home fries. Then back to O'Brien...
...season and an undisputed Ivy League title. But its stop in Ithaca was nothing but a heartbreak. Leading 17-15 in the last two minutes of the game, the Crimson was forced to punt the ball away. A few plays later, wide receiver Shaun Hawkins played hot potato with the ball in the end zone before clutching the desperation pass for the dramatic, go-ahead touchdown...
...lack of clear rules to help resolve many of the ambiguities raised by the decade-old, $1 billion in-vitro baby business -- particularly when the clinics and couples, like the Davises, fail to set out their rights and responsibilities in contracts. "Legislators don't want to touch this hot potato," says Boston University Law School professor Frances Miller, "so the courts have to deal with these issues." With more than 200 conception clinics around the country, and 2 million couples seeking their services, the judges may get a workout...