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Arafat’s failure to deliver a consolidated, united front in his dealings with Israel has left the peace process nothing more than a laughable quest to sign a piece of paper, which would potentially bind only some of the Palestinians in peace with Israel, continuing to leave Israelis vulnerable to Palestinian terrorists. From the Israeli perspective, the entire point of the peace process is to achieve peace and security for its citizens and inhabitants, and without this prospect for a lasting peace, there seems little reason to negotiate or make concessions...

Author: By David J. Gorin, | Title: Arafat's Dilemma | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

...general lousiness than met the eye? I decided to give myself seven days to digest On the Line before I would write my review—seven days to search my soul, to go on what some Native American tribes would perhaps dub a “vision quest...

Author: By Daniel S. Fox, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: God Must Have Spent A Little Less Time On Them | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

Though that referendum was kept off the ballot due to a technicality, reinstating rent control remains one of Iskovitz’s top priorities, even if changes in the city’s political climate since 1994 may make that a quixotic quest...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Iskovitz Hopes for Greener City | 10/25/2001 | See Source »

...been called aloof, keeping himself apart from his friends and would-be fans. But if BARRY BONDS was excited about the personal race he was in, he kept it as low key as possible, putting the individual quest for history in second place to his team's struggle to get into the play-offs. And on Friday night, the San Francisco Giant slugger did his part, hitting not one but two home runs during the longest nine-inning game in major league baseball history (4 hr. 27 min.). The first of those blasts (photograph above) broke the record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 15, 2001 | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

...Paulo, Brazil's industrial center. He again adapted his surroundings into his work, using automobile paint to accentuate his sculptures. In 1980 he fled to the peace and quiet of Curitiba, a smaller city in the interior of the country. There he continues to pursue his lifelong quest to merge his birth culture with his ancestral one. "I transmit the calmness and order of my Asian upbringing," he says. But he also keeps faith with his South American side: "Art must transmit joy and energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painter / Sculptor: Bicultural Roots | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

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