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...Oslo peace accord, which brought limited self-rule to the Palestinians and the prospect of an independent state, polls showed a strong majority of Palestinians supporting the peace process with Israel and only a minority endorsing suicide bombings. Thus, in their headhunting, the fundamentalists were limited to stalwart followers of their doctrine, which holds that any kind of peace with Israel is anathema. Even then, Hamas and Islamic Jihad had to cajole--some might say brainwash--young men into believing that the rewards of paradise outweighed the prospects of life on earth...
...ache of lust pursued and love lost. Pleasanter still, it provides a career-defining role for its all-American star, Andie MacDowell, who's been nibbling at the edges of moviegoers' attention for 20 years and now gets to stand center screen, tall and gorgeous. Combined with her stalwart turn in Elie Chouraqui's Harrison's Flowers, as a journalist searching hell-on-earth Bosnia for her photographer husband, Crush proves that the South Carolinian beauty has completed her trek from actress-model to model actress...
...Then came Sept. 11, and wondering seemed pointless. The economy was critically wounded; recession seemed unavoidable. Even those stalwart American shoppers, who account for two-thirds of U.S. economic activity and whose portfolios and pocketbooks kept the 10-year economic expansion going through some pretty tough times, could hardly be expected to save...
...There's just one jury still out - the consumers. The stalwart American shopper led the economy (and particularly GM) back from the Sept. 11 depths by coming out for all the post-terrorism sales and buying zero-interest cars by the truckload, and then kept it going relatively strong throughout the winter. Now it's spring, time for businesses who spent all winter burning off inventories - a record $120 billion in the fourth quarter alone - to make new stuff for consumers...
...strength of some stalwart performances by their veteran leaders, both the Harvard men’s and women’s indoor track teams turned in respectable performances at Cornell in the Heptagonal Championships while competing against the rest of the Ivy League and Navy this weekend...