Word: closed
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Even though it was a 6-1 loss to Virginia, I think we had a good chance of beating them," Ajilore said. "Many of the matches were very close, and if we had played a few points differently, it could have made the difference...
...should be no surprise that it has been impossible to find an expression in ink that can solve the problem. For much of the past seven years, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have been creeping close to agreement on many issues, but not this one. When Israeli right-winger Ariel Sharon visited the site two weeks ago in a bid to boost his political support and reassert Israeli rights to the land, Arabs saw it as an act of such political arrogance that it could only trigger an outburst. In what Arabs call the "Aqsa intifadeh," the uprising of al-Aqsa...
...held a series of midnight meetings in late September with local leaders of his Fatah party's Tanzim. The Tanzim, which means "organization," is an armed militia that answers to a network of local warlords. "Be ready. We will be facing difficult times," Arafat told the leaders. Officials close to Arafat say he was counting on a tough Israeli response to trouble, followed by international condemnation of Israel...
...leader 20 paces down the hallway, headed for the front door. Running awkwardly in heels, she did her best to catch up, shouting at him to stop. But the old man didn't even look back. By the time Albright reached the doorway, Arafat was climbing into his limo. "Close the gates! Close the gates!" Albright yelled to the Marine Guards at the compound's entrance, then skipped down the entrance steps to the driveway. "This is a humiliation," Arafat seethed in the backseat of his car, now blocked from leaving. Albright caught up to the vehicle, and Arafat rolled...
...determination to remain close to the people was disarming. "You are staying here with me," he told them Thursday night. "I'm staying here with you." On Friday night Kostunica appeared on Serbian state television and took calls from viewers, Larry King-style. He pledged that he would not move to the presidential residence, known as the White Palace, preferring to stay in his cramped Belgrade apartment. He said last week he will not serve his whole five-year term but plans to call for new parliamentary and presidential elections in 18 months, after which he will step aside...