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...monotheistic religions, although contemporary arguments about sovereignty over the site mainly involve the Israelis and the Palestinians. The story of the site is a mess of competing religious claims, conflicting historical narratives and violent reactions to seemingly sinister symbolic actions. Some popular media accounts blame this issue as the straw that broke the camel’s back at last summer’s failed Camp David talks, and Ariel Sharon’s controversial visit to the site last September sparked the latest pattern of violence in the region...
...talks have collapsed. The ethnic-Albanian parties have remained silent in recent days, and there is no communication with the Slav-dominated parties. (Britain's Foreign Secretary) Jack Straw was supposed to visit today to boost the political talks, but he canceled his trip. The West may be hoping for a cooling off period before getting the parties back to table, but the problem is that fighting is actually continuing...
...well-off childhood home. An accomplished journeyman stage and film actor, O'Connor made Archie into a character - dry and operatic, hateful and touching - where a cartoon would have sufficed. It would have been easy to make Archie a caricature (and he was one) or a straw man (he was that too). It would have been easy to make audiences laugh at him or dislike him. Dozens of actors could have made Archie Bunker a punch line. Carroll O'Connor made him a part of American history...
...liquidation - which could cost the investors at least $800 million - might finally convince SAirGroup to finance the bailout alone. Meanwhile, Transport Minister Jean-Claude Gayssot declared Seillière's position "intolerable" and threatened to take him to court for possible violations of E.U. law by serving as a straw man for the Swiss...
...Despite Oldham, British anxiety about national identity has the virtue of being a mostly peaceful sport. "People's conception of what it is to be British, what it is to be English, is an ever-changing one, and so it should be," Home Secretary Jack Straw said recently. But those shifts may not always come without hurt. As Chris Myant says, "Race and identity are very close to people's hearts...