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Amid political and legal turmoil, it raised the Kingdome--Seattle's biggest building and the world's widest concrete roofspan--for a third to half the cost of other 1970s sports domes (about $160 million in today's money).
Amid all the hoopla, however, Chatterbox hasn't seen any attention lavished on Talk's bold and imaginative Web site (which is not to be confused with the highly entertaining Talk parody site posted prior to publication by a mischievous employee at Brill's Content ; see " Too Funny for Brill's Content ").
Among the early story lines : The rioters were sending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a message that he must negotiate or pay a price; relations between the Israeli army and Palestinian police--who fought alongside the rioters--have collapsed; Netanyahu was not a decisive ideologue but a aimless dawdler; concessions to the Palestinians, said the Likud government, would signal weakness and invite further attacks; and the conflagration placed Egypt in a precarious position as it tried to facilitate reconciliation amid Arab rage over Israel's actions.
A variety of so-called “antique” shops sell the odd interesting relic amid piles of dusty junk.
In the story of Briar Rose (or Sleeping Beauty) he found a perfect theme, with knights and maidens and kings and queens all asleep amid the flourishing underbrush.