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...difference between those two lines is only a few square miles, but the location of those square miles alongside Israel?s primary source of drinking water makes it a patch of real estate that Prime Minister Ehud Barak won?t easily concede. Then again, both sides recognize that the twilight of President Hafez Assad?s reign may be their last opportunity for some time to close a deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Syria and Israel Embark on the Hard Yard | 1/3/2000 | See Source »

...with great interest that I read the article on Henry Grunwald's book Twilight, about his battle with macular degeneration [BOOKS, Nov. 15]. Having lost my vision in midlife, I can empathize with Grunwald and understand his daily struggle. I would like others with vision problems to know that reading machines are available that convert the printed pages of books, magazines and newspapers into speech through technology that scans the printed text. This is an absolute blessing and eases the burden of sight loss, affording blind people the opportunity to enjoy topical printed material without additional human assistance. CYNTHIA GROOPMAN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 6, 1999 | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...pontifical compliment that I was "his representative here on earth." This referred to my having played him in the film of his autobiography, The Naked Civil Servant. At the time, Quentin was untraveled and 60 years old. He referred to the latter part of his expected life as "the twilight of my life." I suggested that "sunset" would be a more accurate description. He lived to be 90, and the soft light of his sunset enriched the lives of many people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: QUENTIN CRISP | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...twilight looms over New Jersey, Shemmer is still hard at work at his desk. It's late, and he won't go home until it's totally dark, but the atmosphere in the office is more casual than during the day. And Shemmer has another reason to be happy. "You see Zamba?" he yells over the walls of his cubicle...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Boys In the Bank | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...have entered the Twilight Zone. Yes, this may be the weirdest news week ever. The newsroom and the wires were full of oddities this week--oddities that were sometimes just utterly ludicrous and at other times sad and scary. In case you missed...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, | Title: Truth Is Stranger Than... | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

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