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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that gives weight to the rejectionists' argument that the peace Arafat made with Israel is a bad deal that should be overturned. If this becomes the majority opinion, suggests Sari Nusseibeh, a prominent P.L.O. figure in Jerusalem, "the members of the Authority might just get so depressed that they'll decide it's not worth it, that it makes more sense to say to the people, 'All right, go back to the Israeli occupation.' " An aide to Arafat relates that in a recent conversation, the P.L.O. leader himself talked of the possibility of dismantling his self-rule administration and quitting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bloody Taste of Civil War | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

...take mighty roles. If he wanted to, he could be singing Wotan in the Ring cycle all over the world. But Terfel has another quality: intelligence. He aims to conserve his voice for a long career, so for now it is Figaro and Leporello and a few comparably medium-weight roles. He also loves to sing lieder and other nonoperatic works. Conductor Claudio Abbado remembers the "beautiful vocal subtlety and understanding" that he brought to their recording of Schumann's difficult Faust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPERA: In The Lap of the Gods | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

...captain Khris Reina, carrying the banner of the upperclassmen, won the 158-pound weight class...

Author: By Eric F. Brown and Anand S. Joshi, S | Title: Grapplers Dominate at Springfield Invitational | 11/23/1994 | See Source »

Competing in the Ivies will not be an easy task for the Crimson, which has suffered from injuries and several sub-par recruiting years. It will have to rely on its young talent at the lower weight classes...

Author: By Eric F. Brown and Anand S. Joshi, S | Title: Grapplers Dominate at Springfield Invitational | 11/23/1994 | See Source »

...season looks promising to a point," Weiss said. "We're very thin from 158 pounds to heavy-weight, but we'll work with what we have...

Author: By Eric F. Brown and Anand S. Joshi, S | Title: Grapplers Dominate at Springfield Invitational | 11/23/1994 | See Source »

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