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Syria rejected an Israeli demand for athree-year test of peaceful relations before it withdraws from the Golan Heights, then suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was seeking toundermine peace talksscheduled for June 27 in Washington. "Israel has resumed the policy of maneuvering and scattered the wave of optimism . . . and put all peace efforts exerted by the international community in jeopardy," Syria's official government daily, Tishrin, wrote today.TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyersays the statement contradicts positive signals that Syrian President Hafez Assad has sent through diplomatic channels in the wake of Secretary of State Warren Christopher...
...were acquitted in February of conspiracy charges. But five were found guilty of crossing state lines with intent of inciting riot. The charges against the five convicted--Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, David Dellinger and Kennie Davis--were later overturned, but not before the convictions touched off a wave of student protests...
...with his peers, and he will know more than anybody else in the room," says J. Paul Grayson, chairman of Micrografx, who has worked with Microsoft's chairman for more than a decade. This gives the company a big edge, says Myhrvold, who likes to talk about riding the "wave" of technology. "If you want to surf it, you put someone on the board who knows how to surf," he says. "Most companies have to put people on the beach shouting 'Go left!' and 'Go right!' Next thing you know, the company is underwater...
Gates has suggested that Microsoft may sell 40 million copies of the $100 program in its first year. Conservative analysts put the figure at half that. Either way, its impact on the industry is likely to be huge. "Windows 95 will create the largest wave of hardware and software purchases the world has ever seen," says Micrografx's Grayson...
...view the Second Amendment as an embarrassment, like the drunken uncle who shows up at the family reunion. They would never be so cavalier about an amendment they like." The N.R.A. was so delighted by Levinson's unexpected article that the group reprinted thousands of copies, which prompted a wave of fan mail for the professor...