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Palestinian and Israeli negotiators had known the fight for control of the Temple Mount would be fierce, but they prayed it would never come to a real battle. To Jews, the site is revered as the location of the temples built by Solomon and Herod, the latter of which was destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70. Even before that, it was sacred. At its center is the tip of Mount Moriah, where God tested Abraham by demanding the sacrifice of his son Isaac. That rock is where some scholars believe the Ark of the Covenant sat. But it also...
...many decades. All of that changed, however, when a man of epic proportions recently stepped from its ranks to reclaim the glory of the small seaside city on an island far away in the South China Sea. With the hubris of Oedipus, the resilience of Odysseus, the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the flamboyance of Liberace and the physique of Santa Claus, this Newport native and self-proclaimed "fat, naked fag" managed to outwit, outplay and outlast in life's ultimate challenge. His name: Richard Hatch. The game: Survivor. The official companion book: terrible...
...Benjamin P. Solomon-Schwartz...
...City put on earlier this year stuffed both trends into one silly shopping bag. And one of the fall's biggest shows will be devoted to Giorgio Armani, the Italian clothing designer, whose lustrous things are worn by lustrous people everywhere. His retrospective unveils on Oct. 20 at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, which was host to a history of the motorcycle two seasons ago and would probably put on the New York Auto Show next if that's what it takes to get customers through the door. To keep it all from seeming too much...
Shuster saw Solomon for two years until December 1989. In March 1990, Shuster shot himself and was found dead in his apartment with a suicide note...