Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, reacted today to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's overwhelming victory in Israel's parliamentary elections Tuesday by offering to begin face-to-face talks immediately.
Mr. Edwards, who entered his plea just before his trial was to begin, faces a sentence of 2 1/2 to 5 years in state prison.
Now that the United States House of Representatives has voted to give China permanent normal trade status -- bringing normalized trade relations closer and easing China's accession to the World Trade Organization -- Hong Kong has to begin facing the consequences of its successful campaign.
Though they still controlled a great deal of territory, this defeat marked the beginning of the end of their empire, as they were to begin facing increasingly aggressive subjects in the east (the Parthians) and the west (the Greeks).
On a completely selfish basis, what I have learned about learning has prepared me to begin facing the myriad of nuances of education, class and community that my children will face growing up in Washington, DC.
They will tell you whether to begin face-up or face-down.
What do you think it's going to take to move the public and politicians to finally begin facing up to this problem?
And United States airlines hoping to begin service face a long approval process.
You don't have to know this company long to begin recognizing faces.
Neda Agha-Soltan became the face of the Iranian protest movement - except that it was not her face to begin with, but the face of university teacher Neda Soltani.
Tiny and fleet, McDonald was among the last players of that era to begin wearing a face mask.
