`We are one on our path to Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Palestine, whether anyone likes it or not, and whoever doesn’t can go drink the sea water.’ — Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, to a conference of Palestinian factions Wednesday.
TANYA HOLMES, WHO WAS REFUNDED THE DOLLAR SHE PAID FOR A HOME IN THE WEST GARFIELD AREA WHICH THE CITY MISTAKENLY RAZED THIS MONTH: `That house meant much more than just a dollar to me.’
`That’s luxury!’
Gopal Ahluwalia, director of research for the National Association of Homebuilders, on the houses, some costing up to $681,410, being built for National Park Service employees in California’s Yosemite National Park.
`I would say exactly equal. I watched it very carefully.’
Maj. Gen. Josiah Bunting III of the Virginia Military Institute, when asked if female cadets were being treated the same as males. Six men and one woman have dropped out this week.
`They said they’d bring him a steak.’
Johnny Sanders, owner of Stymie, the dog whose barking helped save two women from the Wando River’s swift current in Cainhoy, S.C., Tuesday.
`And I saw in front of me a face full of rage and hatred.’
Flight attendant Khaled Elabiad, describing Wednesday an altercation with Rev. Robert Schuller during a United Airlines flight in June. Elabiad, who has not returned to work and said he has suffered physical and psychological damage, said he will file a $5 million lawsuit against Schuller this week.
`He obviously was a troubled man.’
Bill Klubben, town planner in Bow, N.H., where Carl Drega fought town officials in a property dispute. Drega killed four people Tuesday before being gunned down by police. Authorities later found explosives on his property.
`People will say Mir’s a rattling bucket of bolts, and that’s good for a few yuks for Jay Leno and David Letterman. But that joke overlooks the fact that the Mir has flown farther than any other human-piloted vessel of exploration in history — 2 billion miles, the distance to Saturn.’
NASA spokesman Brian Welch, defending the beleaguered space station.
