Word: dealing
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...Young man," he said in a tone reminiscent of something in an Arnold Schwartzenegger movie, "I will make you a deal" (You know, when the stereotypical evil Arab agrees to let the brave American Arnold go if he works for him and not the CIA). Intrigued, I listened. "I will get you to the airport, and you pay me $30," he said. "Flat rate, no questions." Needlessly melodramatic, I thought, but I said yes to the very good rate. It occurred to me that there were other connections than Harvard ones...
...appointment was put on hold until Rudenstine returned from vacation in Europe last week and could deal with the matter personally, sources say. In the end it was the president who made the call...
...brokering a peace deal - or even a face-saving declaration - is cultivating compromises that each side can market as the realization of the objectives for which it fought in the first place. But whatever is achieved in the emotional, pressure-cooker atmosphere of sequestered peace talks - which in their design induce claustrophobia and the very human desire to simply bring the nightmare to an end in the minds of negotiators from both sides - is inevitably subject to sharply conflicting interpretations once the negotiators return home. All of which suggests that President Clinton won't be able to claim ending...
...Although negotiations are continuing, the parties look increasingly unlikely to achieve a comprehensive deal that concludes the peace process and caps President Clinton's foreign policy legacy. While the Palestinians can afford to leave the talks with incremental gains, all of Barak's offers are contingent - we give you most of the West Bank; you recognize Jerusalem as ours - and the Israeli leader can't afford to make any concessions now without a comprehensive agreement. For the White House, all that remains may be an exercise in damage control...
...anything, nine days at Camp David may have actually exacerbated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by forcing both sides to confront the extent of their differences despite six years of peacemaking. Whatever declaration of principles or vague agreement is adopted in the absence of a comprehensive deal, the talks have clearly delineated the issues that will drive the next phase of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, none more so than the battle for Jerusalem. Both sides have made clear that they cannot live without their own vision of the Holy City - Israel insists on full control, the Palestinians want the eastern portion...