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...Palestinian Authority went not to the local leaders who had sacrificed so much in the intifada, but to exiles who returned from Tunis with Arafat and in most cases rushed to use their new positions to feather their own nests. While Arafat enjoyed his new role as feted statesman in Western capitals, some painful realities didn't change for his people: The Israeli settler population of the West Bank doubled during the Oslo years, raising Palestinian suspicions over Israel's intentions. Meanwhile, on the Israeli side, the assassination of Rabin and a series of Hamas suicide attacks in Israel...
...arms had been injured in Afghanistan. Gone were the fatigues and the AK47. Bin Laden wore a golden robe, sat behind a desk and read from notes. The media-conscious terrorist leader seemed to be trying for the image not of a soldier but of a statesman--or at least of a TV host...
Bohr's life (1885 - 1962) is roughly divided into two halves: the years of his seminal contributions to atomic science, and his later role as scientific statesman during and after WW II. Ottaviani and Purvis take care to explain the concepts behind Bohr's multiple scientific breakthroughs, making the book a kind of illustrated primer on atomic physics. It was Bohr, for example, who proposed a model of the atom as a kind of mini solar system, with electrons orbiting around a nucleus. But this had its limits, both experimentally and "philosophically." So he moved to introduce Quantum Mechanics...
...Singh at India's Helm Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is an able statesman who leads a simple life [Sept. 27]. As one of the most capable Prime Ministers India has had in a long time, Singh will get things done in a cool and calm manner. He is not one to lose his temper. I am hopeful that during his term in office he will make India a country to be reckoned with. M. Shakir Khaleel Bangalore, India...
...Arafat has certainly provided plenty of reason to doubt his credentials as a statesman capable of making the compromises required to achieve a viable two-state solution to the conflict. But taken at his own word, and that of some of his closest advisers, when it comes to getting real over the outline of a two-state solution, Sharon doesn't exactly inspire confidence, either...