Word: vadim
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...disaster in Ramallah--and Israel's tough response--was what elevated the crisis to calamity. The problem started when Vadim Norzich, 35, and Yossi Avrahami, 38, made a wrong turn as they drove to their army base in the West Bank after being called up for duty like hundreds of other Israeli reservists last week. Ironically, they were both drivers in the army. In the city of Ramallah, they happened upon a funeral procession for a 17-year-old boy shot the day before by Israeli troops. Identifying the two as Israelis--the giveaway was the yellow license plate...
DIED. ROGER VADIM, 72, French filmmaker whose 1956 directorial debut, And God Created Woman, launched wife Brigitte Bardot in films; of cancer; in Paris. In more than two dozen movies, Vadim won a reputation for making stars out of the stunning women he married, including Jane Fonda. Vadim, who once lived with Catherine Deneuve between marriages, explained his need for feminine beauty in his life and work as "my style, my nature...