\”I don\’t understand the fuss people make,\” he said. \”In Africa now they\’re circumcising thousands of adult men for AIDS prevention. If it were such a big deal, don\’t you think word would get around and the men would stop doing it?\”
In the late 1940s, Ron Farrar\’s and Joan Pachtman\’s passion to help those in need charted the course for personal passion and lifelong matrimony. The West Hills residents met in college, when Ron was a member of a veteran\’s organization and Joan belonged to a service club.
They were called \”Syrian-Israeli\” talks, but this week\’s second round of negotiations between the two countries was very much an American affair — in a storybook small town chosen by the White House, with President Clinton playing host and mediator.
So it was no surprise that when the talks were snagged over a disagreements over what to talk about, it was Clinton who held the negotiators\’ hands, cajoled, nudged and pleaded.
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