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...slipped mysteriously into the Atlantic Ocean last month, his media empire has been rapidly crumbling. While Maxwell's sons Kevin and Ian scrambled to prevent the conglomerate's collapse, creditors in half a dozen countries have been busy sorting out the tangled web of 400 interlocking companies that were woven together by the late tycoon...
...David Street dividing the Jewish and Arab quarters, and then decide whether to explore the recently renovated Jewish neighborhood or to brave the suspicions and hostile gazes of the Arab section.Ever since the beginning of the Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories, this quintessentially inter-mixed and inter-woven city has become increasingly segregated, with less and less Jewish-Arab interaction. As these eternal inhabitants of this city have become more and more distant, suspicions and hostilities have grown, with no interlocutor to explain misunderstandings, no middle ground in which to find compromises or agreements. Arabs only meet Jews when...
Sometimes its air of doomy portent is stifling. But equally often it turns into a kind of Creepshow for grownups, teasing the mind with its enigmas, bedazzling the eye with its imagery. Finally, like its villain, it draws one into a very oddly woven...
Moreover, the idea that affirmative action is just a temporary remedy is a fraud. With every new civil rights act, like the one just attempted and soon to be reintroduced in the 102nd Congress, ethnic quotas and race consciousness become more deeply woven into American life. The current uproar over race- based college scholarships reminds us just how divisive the issue...
...disguise: satellite antennas that resemble patio umbrellas. For $3,000 to $5,000 -- about the price of an ordinary dish -- the company will have a dealer install one in any of six colors, complete with table and four matching chairs. The umbrella covers are made of a specially woven acrylic fabric that allows signals to pass through without interference; wires are concealed in the post. Under Cover is capitalizing on the expanding dish market (U.S. sales: 30,000 a month). In its first six months the firm has sold about 500 dishes...