Word: closed
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...many emotional highs and lows in the previous two weeks that they were numb. In nearby Laurel Lodge, where meals were served, Palestinian and Israeli diplomats had already begun hugging one another and apologizing. Relations between Arafat and Barak remained frosty, but their negotiators have grown close over the years. Which wasn't unusual, considering that back home their people had learned to live close to one another. They just hadn't learned how to live in peace...
...billions in U.S. aid--but their leaders not only refused to pressure the Palestinian, they also urged him to stand firm. Barak and Arafat began playing "luggage diplomacy," ordering aides to put bags outside doors to threaten walkouts. By Wednesday night, July 19, even Clinton was ready to close down the talks, but at the last minute Barak and Arafat decided to remain at Camp David with Albright, while Clinton flew to Okinawa for the G-8 economic summit...
...takeoff sent scrap rubber screaming into the engine inlets, triggering a fire. In 1981 the National Transportation Safety Board in the U.S. warned Concorde operators about blowout risk after four takeoff incidents. Pilots say a fully loaded Concorde's takeoff speed and maximum tire speed can come perilously close...
...varminters have a taste for sick humor and grisly imagery. The 54,000-member V.H.A. sells T shirts that feature cartoons of exploding rodents. Its headquarters in Pierre is lined with snapshots of happy hunters and their diminutive kills. There are images of coyotes, badgers, gophers, and one large close-up of a prairie-dog carcass tumbling through the air--the same sort of pictures featured in Varmint Hunter, the association's glossy magazine...
Hearst's personal wealth was astounding. But what is more astonishing is the extent to which his financial self-indulgence came close to wrecking the huge enterprise Hearst had constructed. In the face of recurring fiscal disaster, he kept on spending, borrowing and spending more. When his creditors caught up with him, there were so many warehouses full of art to sell that they had to be parceled out slowly so as not to wreck the international market. Finally, great lots of the stuff were sold over the counter at department stores to cover the ruinous debt he had amassed...