Over the past several weeks the world's attention has been particularly focused on the news from Camp David. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat have been in the midst of peace talks. As the talks opened, Barak and Arafat engaged in a mock pushing match for the cameras as they entered the main cabin. Arafat, perhaps because he has been hunted as a terrorist for most of his life, likes to be the last into a room. Barak insisted the Palestinian go first. Arafat refused. So Barak, with a big grin, shoved him toward the narrow door anyway. Finally, President Clinton, in his first act of mediation, resolved the problem. "I've got an idea," he said with a laugh. Then he opened the second double door, allowing the two to stride in, smiling, side by side.(1)

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