Word: swaps
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...late 1990s, delighted in blasting the Israeli political establishment. He is a former nightclub bouncer turned politician and businessman whose business dealings have been investigated at length by the Israeli police, although no charges have been filed. His plan to revoke the citizenship of Israeli Arabs and swap the land on which they live for the land on which West Bank settlements are built in order to maintain Israel's Jewish ethnic majority has been deonounced as "ethnic cleansing." In the past, he has suggested bombing banks, gas stations and populated areas of the Palestinian territories, and he said earlier...
...slightly barbed olive branch: Maybe I'm asking for too much when I expect him to be bold on the issues, I suggest. Maybe my expectations for him are too high? "No, no," he says, and returns for a third time to energy policy--to Gore's tax-swap idea. "It's a neat idea. I'm going to call Gore and have a conversation about it. It might be something I'd want to embrace...
...Corn Zipper, which resembles a happy metallic stingray, allows you to strip kernels from raw or cooked ears without chopping off a finger. Holding the gadget in one hand, simply rub it down the ear and - voilà! - corn off the cob. kuhnrikon.com Have s'more Campfire lovers can swap their whittled marshmallow sticks for Hammacher Schlemmer's Marshmallow Rotisserie. This rotating trident cooks the s'mores staples evenly. The handle is heat-resistant and the stainless-steel tines clean up easily. hammacher.com...
...government official did concede: "It's been a very bad week. We have to get out of this mess." Even more worrying is the stain it has left on the entire Italian economy. Murdoch, for one, told an investors' meeting that he's lost interest in any potential share swap with Telecom, reportedly frustrated by government meddling. Tronchetti Provera's resignation as Telecom chairman, initially blamed on the spat with Prodi, is more likely just a case of finding a good time to bail. His five years at the helm of the fifth largest European telecom company were disappointing...
...where the weekly class is often replaced by outings to a new exhibit. Perhaps the program’s greatest plus is that it introduces freshmen to others of the same ilk. Nerds can plot their revenge in “Calculating Pi” while kleptos can swap prison stories in “The Idea of Crime.” Who knows? You may even find your first-mate in “The Golden Age of Piracy...