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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same God of the Christians and the Jews." He promised that the mosque would be "the brother of the church." But worship always carries a political motif in the hotly contested Holy Land. The Nazareth mosque, for example, will be dedicated to Shihab al-Din, the nephew of the legendary Salah el-Din - Saladin - who drove the Christian crusaders from Jerusalem in the 12th century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Israel Vexed the Vatican Over Nazareth | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

...neither wondrous nor wacky but just kind of wan. The musical numbers, written in traditional Irish style by Shaun Davey, are, with a couple of exceptions, simply songs being performed at Julia and Kate Morkan's annual Christmastime gathering--a gathering that provides an epiphany for their nephew Gabriel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Dead Serious | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...awards schtick she pulled last year. At the Golden Globes, the SAGS and the Oscars, she cried through each one of her speeches and added a new traumatized family member to her thank-you list. Her father, her cousin, her mother, her dear friend "Mr. Affleck," her brother's nephew's toddler's girlfriend... The boo-hoo hooligan tried to convince us that the dumb piece of gold was the cure for all her family members' illnesses! (Too bad it wasn't a cure for that dress that didn't fit. Her publicist later chastised the media for calling...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's In The [K]now | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

...film is told from the point of view of Peejoe (Lucas Black), Lucille's nephew, who is both Lucille's confidante about the grisly murder of her husband and also the sole witness to the killing of Taylor Jackson (Louis Miller Jr.), the young black leader of a sit-in at a public pool. Peejoe, demonstrating a wisdom that belies his age, refuses to take part in the racisim and segregation that is the rule in his narrow-minded town; however, his principles are sorely tested when he is forced to make a choice between his filial and moral obligations...

Author: By Jennifer Liao, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Banderas Directs a Period Piece? That's Crazy | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...tapes were incorrect. Go figure. But the fact that Simpson can't get a story straight isn't the heart of the matter. What's interesting is whether O.J. would have protected Guerrero, already charged with cocaine conspiracy and accused of supplying the money for his nephew to purchase 15 kilos of coke, had he thrown a pigskin instead of swinging...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, | Title: O.J. Simpson's 911 Call | 10/19/1999 | See Source »

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