Word: act
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Once the current violence dies down, Israel must act decisively to remove most or all settlements from Palestinian occupied lands. At the same time, the Palestinians must accept Prime Minister Ehud Barak's offer of a shared East Jerusalem--since neither side will ever trust the other to protect its holy places, sharing is the only solution. I fear both of these issues are incredibly touchy and will probably take years to resolve...
Castano's crusade against the rebels began as a white-hot act of revenge: in 1979 a FARC gang kidnapped his father, a dairy farmer in Cordoba province. The members demanded $50,000, and when the Castano family could raise only $20,000, they executed him. "We knew these guerrillas. We'd let them sleep in our house. We sympathized with their social ideals," Castano recalls. Later, his kid sister was killed in a botched kidnapping by the FARC. Eight more of his siblings were later killed, either by drug hit men or rebels, he says...
...There is no ringmaster in Kaleidoscape. Instead Larible and his foil, the classic European whitefaced clown Pipo, act as introduction and interlude for the show's wide range of acts. Larible is perhaps at his best when interacting with the crowd, constantly pulling audience members into the show to take part in his world. Larible is an excellent improviser, and whether the shanghaied volunteer is willing or disagreeable, the result is almost always hilarious...
...Perhaps in an effort to present a kinder, gentler animal act, Kaleidoscape puts forth Olga Rogacheva and her trained geese. Yes, geese. There is undoubtedly a moment of wonder as the fowl take to the ring and perform a series of maneuvers. Who would have thought geese could be trained to do anything? And when you realize that they aren't really doing much, you think that there may be a reason no one has done it before. The most remarkable thing about the act was seeing Hungarian fourth-generation circus performer Istvan Toth, who stands 27 inches tall, almost...
...violence. On Arafat's side, there's the realization that no matter how intense the violence, he's unlikely to persuade the international community to send in a U.N. peacekeeping force. Solidifying the diplomatic gains he's made over the past two months may now require that he act more forcefully to tamp down violence and return to the negotiating table with greater international backing...