Word: controller
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...seeds of the violence were planted this summer. At Camp David, Barak proposed that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat get control over the mosques--but not sovereignty. Arafat wanted sovereignty to boost his status with Muslims, so he rejected the proposal. He warned left-wing Israeli supporters that if he compromised on Haram al-Sharif, fundamentalists might oust him. "You Israelis will lose me," Arafat said, according to senior aides. "The peace process will be buried...
Palestinian and Israeli negotiators had known the fight for control of the Temple Mount would be fierce, but they prayed it would never come to a real battle. To Jews, the site is revered as the location of the temples built by Solomon and Herod, the latter of which was destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70. Even before that, it was sacred. At its center is the tip of Mount Moriah, where God tested Abraham by demanding the sacrifice of his son Isaac. That rock is where some scholars believe the Ark of the Covenant sat. But it also...
...dawned even on the out-of-touch Milosevic that his people were ready to retire him. In an astonishing moment Friday night, the strongman who had ruled so long through his control of television stood stiffly before a camera he no longer owned, his jaw trembling slightly as he said he would step aside. He conceded electoral defeat and congratulated the man he "just learned" had outpolled him. But ever defiant, he warned he had no intention of bowing out altogether. After a "rest" spent visiting with his grandson Marko, he would be back to rebuild his Socialist Party...
...Kolubara diggers held firm on the strike, Milosevic was forced to test his control over the security forces by dispatching them to reopen the mine. At dawn on Tuesday, he sent his military chief, General Nebojsa Pavkovic, in a convoy of troops to talk to the miners "for the good of the nation." Pavkovic failed, only increasing their stubbornness...
...course, even with such straightforward guidelines, portion control is still critical. To get maximum benefit from any dietary regimen, you need to limit what you take in and make sure you don't consume more than your body can burn. Indeed, it's so hard to lose weight and keep it off that the A.H.A., also for the first time, has made obesity prevention one of its top priorities. Fortunately, there's an easy way to keep your caloric intake balanced with your metabolic output: just step on the bathroom scale and see if you're gaining weight. Provided...