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...held sacred. "I'm not a negotiator, I'm a decision maker," Arafat told an aide before boarding his jet for the U.S. While Barak showed up with a headful of new ideas on how to resolve thorny issues like boundaries for a new Palestinian state and the number of Palestinian refugees allowed to return to their homes, Arafat spent the first four days delivering monologues. When he wouldn't look at a map Barak had drawn with new boundaries, Clinton finally blew up. "This is ridiculous!" the President shouted. "This is not the way to negotiate. If you insist...
Here's how they work: after dialing a toll-free number, you simply speak a command like "stock quotes" or "flight information," and the automated systems will read the information you want in a pleasant, prerecorded voice. While voice portals work from any phone, they are especially aimed at the 90 million or so mobile-phone users in the U.S. who need their news on the go. (The services support themselves through advertising, so callers may have to listen to a brief...
...country. As we approached the store, the manager came out to accuse us of trespassing and block our entrance. The women snuck in the exit, and when the manager went to chase them, I walked in. By the time I got to the chicken section, there were quite a number of customers gathered around. I delivered my lines--"Stay away from the birds!" and "Give a cluck!"--to which one woman yelled, "I'm going to have myself a nice, juicy chicken!" and two old guys started making vehement bokking noises at me. One woman asked if pork...
...Certainly any number of people do apply," he says. "One of the things we say pretty clearly to students is that Summer School wouldn't convey any advantage, nor would it be a disadvantage...
Nevertheless, many SSP students are open about their ambitions. A Canaday resident, enrolled in a hefty number of science classes, says she is looking forward to requesting recommendations from her professors. Already, she is considering the extracurricular activities she might pursue at Harvard...