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Word: stålsett (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2002-2002
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...committee holds all its meetings. Maybe the problem was less what Berge said than that he spoke out at all, breaking with the custom of letting the citation do the work. During a talk with Time in the book-lined study of his Oslo home, deputy chairman Gunnar St?lsett said the painstakingly chosen words "contain clues to our motivation and philosophy. One should read every nuance of our statement very carefully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Peace Process | 10/15/2002 | See Source »

...political fray. The Prize, says Lundestad, "is a loudspeaker and a microphone" that has been used to bless peacemakers and to boost their causes - equality in South Africa, freedom in Burma, independence in East Timor. "One cannot say, 'Here's an important process, let's find a name,'" says St?lsett, who is also the Bishop of Oslo. "But it's a bonus if we can send a message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Peace Process | 10/15/2002 | See Source »

...forward to their next important gathering: on Dec. 9, the night before Carter receives his medal from King Harald, he will dine with the committee at the Grand Hotel. The Little Dinner, as it's called, is a chance "for a face-to-face, heart-to-heart talk," says St?lsett. "The laureate knows he has our respect - so it's fun." The most memorable Little Dinner was in 1994, when Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin broke bread together. They talked "like old friends," recalls Lundestad, "about Jerusalem, block by block, who lived where, about the city's past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Peace Process | 10/15/2002 | See Source »

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