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...once back home, Arafat's time-honored methods translated into rampant cronyism and a singular failure to nurture a democratic political culture in the areas under his control. And while that may have kept things stable, for a time, it appears to have worked against Arafat when the time comes to take unpopular decisions...
...DIED. MARIE CARDINAL, 72, tormented French novelist who wrote The Key in the Door and A Singular Woman, both of which became movies; in Avignon. Cardinal blamed her Catholic upbringing for the conflicted relationship with sexuality that haunted her personality and her work. Prime Minister Lionel Jospin called Cardinal "an essential personality in the fight for women's rights." DIED. CLIFF HILLEGASS, 83, founder of the yellow-and-black Cliffs Notes series of study guides that saved the posteriors of legions of American high-schoolers; in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hillegass started the business in 1958 with a $4,000 loan...
...When I was standing in the State Cinema in Dublin in 1977 listening to Joey sing and realizing that there was nothing else [that] mattered to him, pretty soon nothing else mattered to me. If they remind me of anything now, it's that singular idea. It travels further and deeper than the baggage of possibilities you pick up along...
...White that reads, “I grew up in Maine in a house with a lawn and a mother who took care of the house and a father who took care of the lawn. My latest body of works-on-paper are a series of simple and singular images which make up the building blocks of this suburban childhood. I have developed a stencil process to draw these images, arranging Band-Aids...Band-Aids are a familiar American icon, a useful tool from childhood suggesting that products can make life better...
...full-fledged phobia. Self-described claustrophobics often misdiagnose as well. The middle seat on a transatlantic flight may be something you approach with dismay, but unless you also experience a racing heart and ragged breath, you are probably not phobic. Drawing the distinction between distaste and the singular terror of a phobia is not always easy--and it's made all the harder by the fact that fear in some circumstances is perfectly appropriate. If flying into a storm or easing into weaving traffic isn't the right time to go a little white knuckled, what...