Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...repercussions of the Israel-P.L.O. agreement spread quickly throughout the region. On his way home from the signing ceremony, Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin stopped off in Morocco for an unprecedented meeting with King Hassan II; diplomatic relations may follow. Jordan and Israel signed an agreement laying out the framework for their own peace discussions. But Rabin lambasted Syria for allowing anti-Israel guerrillas to continue to operate in southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, in the Gaza Strip three Israeli soldiers were ambushed and killed and a Palestinian blew himself up in a botched attack on an Israeli police station...
...names of American writing cut their teeth in the press -- Edgar Allan Poe and Ernest Hemingway. But until well into this century, most reporters fit the Duke of Wellington's description of the English soldier -- "the scum of the earth." They were lively but ignorant, and often venal. The spread of college education affected even them, however, until by now all journalists know something, though perhaps less than everything. With skills came pride. Journalists no longer submit to having their take on reality circumscribed by the people who happen to sign their paychecks...
...occurances can set the pattern for an entire day--getting a call at 9:24 a.m. saying that you've won the lottery generally presages a good day, while tripping when you step out of the shower often alerts you to a bad one. Cinnamon-apple crispitos seem to spread their goodness through the entire...
...person and via telephone. She probed for weak spots in support and likely criticism, but gave nothing away. Leaders of both parties came to sense that if Hillary Clinton had the authority to negotiate, she was reluctant to use it. Her mission instead, they concluded, was to proselytize, spread goodwill and encourage the partisans of competing approaches to stay loose. Their hunch was right: though she traveled widely to keep her husband's promise of reform alive while he was distracted with the budget, she kept her distance from the day-to-day decision making. After her father...
Landin is distraught over the loss, and he is not the only one. Local merchants and musicians know the long-haired folk artist and his tubernamed pooch, and they have posted fliers and spread the word. Landin said many people have contacted him and expressed condolences, and six have claimed having dreams about Potato...