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...York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani then led the name-reading ceremony. Dignitaries such as Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Secretary of State Colin Powell, celebrities such as Robert DeNiro and family members of those who died carried on where Giuliani left off, as a string quartet provided a backdrop of solemn music...
...ceremony closed with a reading of the Declaration of Independence by New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey (D) and a rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner played by the string quartet...
...these reasons, in the long-ago days of my soft-core connoisseurship, I preferred Metzger's films. As director, he made such money-making dramas as "Camille 2000," "Therese and Isabelle" and "The Lickerish Quartet." As a distributor, he imported and meticulously re-edited (sometimes re-shot) movies by soft-core masters Max Pecas ("Erotic Touch of Hot Skin"), Jos? B?naz?raf ("Sexus") and Mac Ahlberg ("I, a Woman...
...cabinet were geared towards easing the burden of the current reoccupation, rather than ending it. Israeli commentator Aluf Benn summarized Sharon's plan as holding out for the "unconditional surrender" of the Palestinians: "In messages to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and his friends in the Mideast Quartet, Sharon demanded that the Palestinians lay down their arms and their leader be removed as conditions for any diplomatic progress," writes Benn. "He made it clear that the Israel Defense Forces will remain in the territories for a long time, and asked that the international community take care of aiding their...
...Palestinian elections and (many in the region suspect) a U.S. invasion of Iraq. So, for those Palestinians traditionally inclined to derail the negotiations, it's evident that this particular peace train isn't likely to leave the station any time soon. Which means it's unlikely that Tuesday's Quartet meeting featured in the motives for the latest attacks. Indeed, Israeli authorities point out that their forces have successfully interdicted scores of would-be attackers over the past three weeks. It was only a matter of time before some of them got lucky. Previous efforts to resolve the conflict have...