Jordan

Charles M. 'Chuck' Jordan dies at 83; former GM vice president of design

2010-12-19 00:00:00

Charles M. "Chuck" Jordan, a former General Motors vice president of design whose early successes as a chief designer included the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado, a space-age icon with enormous tail fins, has died. He was 83. Jordan died of lymphoma Dec. 9 at...

Off The Shelf: What to pack for a trip? Great times -- and tomes -- in Europe

2009-09-06 00:00:00

Packing for vacation offers special challenges for a family of bookworms. This year we went to Europe, which meant we couldn't just toss a satchel of books into the trunk. Some airlines charge per bag. Heavy luggage costs more. Plus you have to schlep...

Utopia is a hard sell in Jordan Downs

2009-08-22 00:00:00

Ronald Perkins and his neighbors were nearly outnumbered by the consultants and architects who showed up at the Jordan Downs community center. For three hours, they listened as a procession of planners depicted their home as an "island of poverty," and...

Bomb Iran

2006-11-19 00:00:00

WE MUST bomb Iran. It has been four years since that country's secret nuclear program was brought to light, and the path of diplomacy and sanctions has led nowhere. First, we agreed to our allies' requests that we offer Tehran a string of concessions,...

Jerusalem: Clashing values alter a city's face

2007-06-05 00:00:00

Jerusalem — YEARS after Israel seized a hilltop artillery post from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East War and turned it into a Jewish neighborhood, a civic-minded resident launched a turf battle of her own. Ruth Geva thought that Ramot Allon, a...

Peace offerings

2007-12-02 00:00:00

Stop me if you've seen this one: Sweaty, forlorn dove tries to roll "Mideast peace" boulder up Mt. Sinai. Or this one: Sweaty, forlorn dove struggles with olive branch ... wait, those aren't olives, they're bombs! OK, so maybe a fresh approach to...

A West Bank struggle rooted in land

2007-12-27 00:00:00

From his hilltop farm, Daoud Nassar can see the sun rise over the Jordan Valley and set in the Mediterranean, an arc that spans the territorial breadth of his people's conflict with Israel. He also can see the neighbors whose rival claim has drawn the...

Mideast vitriol

2007-09-23 00:00:00

It's been well documented in this space that American cartoonists are solidly lined up with the terrorists and against the president, Mom, apple pie and performance-enhanced baseball. But how tough have we really been on George W. Bush? Not very, at least...

Arafat Health Is Said to Worsen; Panel Named

2004-10-28 00:00:00

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who has been ailing for more than a week, collapsed and fell briefly into unconsciousness Wednesday night at his compound, Palestinian officials said. Doctors and senior aides were urgently...

Zarqawi Took Familiar Route Into Terrorism

2004-07-02 00:00:00

The town that would give Abu Musab Zarqawi his notorious moniker is a hard place -- treeless and tough, cinder-block apartment houses punctuated by drab mosques. They say you have to be a thug to make it in the streets here, and the young Zarqawi had...

Arafat May Receive Medical Aid in Paris

2004-10-28 15:27:00

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, his condition having stabilized today, is expected to seek medical treatment in Paris. After collapsing and briefly lapsing into unconsciousness Wednesday night at his compound, his doctors...

From the archives: Hostage Spared; Role of Iran Seen as Pivotal

1989-08-04 00:00:00

WASHINGTON -- The Bush Administration on Thursday began to seek ways to expand Iran's apparently pivotal role in sparing the life of hostage Joseph J. Cicippio into a resolution of the five-year-old hostage crisis. Although relieved U.S. officials...

A pro-government supporter holds a picture of Jordan's King Abdullah as she stands amongst riot police in Amman April 13, 2012. Anti-government protesters also organized a protest following Friday prayers.

2012-04-13 10:13:00

East Jordan's Luke Hawley (from left), Harbor Springs' Ben Kloss and East Jordan's Josh Wojan lead the pack during Tuesday's Lake Michigan Conference championships at the Charlevoix High School.

2011-10-19 16:00:25

Jordan's Queen Rania arrives to receive a Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year Award.

2010-11-08 00:00:00