Word: prompts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...conceptual problems of interiority/exteriority: The marvelous ramp leading up and through the Carpenter Center is meant to prompt questions of where the sidewalk ends and the building begins; it snakes through the studios in an almost alimentary fashion and down to the street on the other side. The views into the galleries are worth the detour. Best at dusk...
...Casually dropping an unusually prompt decision at noon on a nation waiting for a ruling from Judge Sanders Sauls on his weekend festivities, the Court "vacated" (wiped off the books) the Florida Supreme Court's decision to extend the certification and hand-count deadlines, essentially resetting the clock to November 17 and the Bush lead to 930 votes. But only till the Florida Supremes try again...
...treated fairly, Harvard will probably not feel the effects of the decision, as there has been little to no support for such a union. However, because Harvard seems to be the exception rather than the norm in its excellent rapport with graduate students, the NYU union should prompt similar, necessary action at private universities around the country...
...Inside his own party, he is stalked by ex-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Cleared of corruption charges, Netanyahu is the favorite to unseat Sharon as Likud leader and perhaps to topple Barak. Leading Barak in all the polls, Netanyahu would prefer to see the Prime Minister fall, which would prompt new elections. So Sharon needs to move fast: his ideal play would be to cut a deal with Barak that would lever him into power and keep Netanyahu out of the picture. Sharon would stick around just long enough to establish himself firmly as Israel's conservative leader-in-waiting...
...Israel has blamed Arafat's administration for previous terror attacks during the current violence on the grounds that the PA earlier released a number of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants from its prisons. The latest attack and the swift Israeli retaliation, which will in turn prompt further Palestinian retaliation, has once again ratcheted up a cycle of violence that had shown signs of slowing late last week after Arafat had appeared on Palestinian TV to order an end to firing on Israelis from territories under his control...