Word: acceptibility
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...move. The U.S. phoned with an assortment of "bridging" proposals--complicated custodial arrangements dividing holy-site sovereignty with the U.N., with Islamic representatives, even with God. According to a Palestinian negotiator, Arafat angrily told Clinton, "If you want to give sovereignty over al-Aqsa to God, then would you accept that the White House be put under God's sovereignty too?" Palestinians resented summitry that they found humiliating, as if the U.S. were ordering them to comply--and anger bubbled up in the streets. Besieged by political troubles, Barak warned that the window for a peace agreement was quickly shutting...
When Sharon went to the Temple Mount to say "It's ours"--in-your-face confirmation that the Palestinians would never get a deal on Jerusalem that they could accept--it was pure provocation. Palestinians would inevitably express their anger. The Chairman was apparently ready to seize on it too. As a Tanzim chief tells it, Barghouti had visited Arafat in his Ramallah office the day before. "What do you think of Sharon's visit?" Barghouti asked. Arafat allegedly responded, "I want to light a fire, and I want it to burn the Israelis...
Israel suddenly saw itself portrayed as Goliath rather than David. Responding with fighter planes, tanks and artillery was impossible; responding with troops on the ground risked casualties; and no society is more reluctant than Israel's to accept losses...
...visit to your high school or, as a Rice applicant did, to ask an alumni interviewer if Rice was just a "second-tier" institution. As with most interactions a student has with a college, this one was duly noted. The interviewer wrote, "I don't think Rice should accept...
...officers accept that student essays are often heavily edited and adapted for multiple applications. But if an essay seems too polished, they'll often compare the writing with that in other parts of the application, and even to a student's verbal SAT score...