Word: truce
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...Uneasy Truce In the spring of 2004, John Kerry secretly urged his fellow Vietnam vet to join him on a unity ticket. It was, to put it mildly, a full-court press: Kerry offered to make McCain both Vice President and Secretary of Defense and to give him control of foreign policy. Kerry lobbied McCain's wife Cindy and even enlisted the help of Warren Beatty, with whom McCain had become friendly. McCain turned Kerry down. Aides say he sincerely believed that Bush had been and would be a better President than Kerry...
...legendary Maracanã stadium were calling for the head of Dunga, the single name used by the former team captain who now serves as its coach. Brazil eventually awoke from their sluggishness and scored five goals without reply, and the fans were singing again - but the truce was temporary. A few months later, as Brazil faced its arch-rival Argentina in a 0-0 draw, the coach was again in the fans' cross hairs. "Cheerio, Dunga," they roared, as Brazil struggled to put the ball in the net. "Donkey, donkey, donkey," they chanted, before doing the unthinkable - loudly cheering their...
...curbing other militias and political foes from operating in the Strip. On the other hand, says one Gaza observer, "Hamas can now order the other militias to abide by the cease-fire, which it couldn't do before." All major resistance groups signed on to the Egyptian-sponsored truce...
...ability of Hamas to enforce the compliance of the other militias will probably determine the duration of the truce. Says Ruth Lahava, the resident of a kibbutz in the Negev regularly peppered by rockets, "I'm in favor of the cease-fire, but I'm afraid that the others apart from Hamas will start shooting again, and Hamas will say: 'It's not us,' and then Israel will respond. That's the way it's been for the last 15 years...
...other side of the boundary, one Palestinian driver was relieved by the truce. "Before today, I'd be worried that an Israeli missile would hit the car in front of me, or that my son would be in danger because he happened to walk by a place where a militant was launching a rocket. So today I'm breathing a little easier." For Gazans and their neighbors in southern Israel, the truce has brought at least temporary relief from the specter of death striking randomly from the sky in the form of a fiery missile. And both sides hope...