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...obstinacy," the ability to persevere through centuries of persecution and assimilation. He recounts the history of Hebron, where Abraham bought land from Ephron the Hittite. He describes how the first piece of Jewish real estate has been fought over and occupied countless times, most recently by Israel after the Six-Day War, and asks, "Where are all those peoples which once held the place?" His answer: "They have vanished into time, irrevocably. But the Jews are still in Hebron...
McHale, the NBA's sixth leading regular-season scorer, suited up but rested his sprained right ankle. The defending champion Celtics, meanwhile, showed no rustiness from a six-day layoff following their first-round sweep of Chicago...
...across the country, from the presidential palace to the tiniest hovel, Chileans watched and listened to what the Pontiff said and how he said it. While the visit was only one stop in a two-week South American tour that also included Uruguay and Argentina, the six-day Chilean stay was the centerpiece. The question on everyone's lips: What would the activist Pope tell his authoritarian host and oppressed flock? Pinochet, 71, is one of South America's two remaining military dictators.* A practicing Roman Catholic, as are 10 million of Chile's 12 million people, he has ruled...
...six-day series of events to raise consciousness about homosexuals on campus will begin tonight with an Adams House open meeting, said members of the Gay and Lesbian Students Association (GLSA), which is organizing the awareness programs...
...exchange for the 400 prisoners. As the guessing game continued, pessimism grew about an agreement anytime soon. With rumors shifting almost by the hour, Washington kept the Sixth Fleet in the eastern Mediterranean. The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy and six other warships were ordered to leave the port of Haifa in Israel after a six-day call, and resumed sea patrol. Meanwhile, anxiety deepened further over the fate of Anglican Envoy Terry Waite, who vanished last month while seeking freedom for the American captives...