It hasn't been without its challenges, but Sharon Kastrinos says it's exhilarating to no longer feel compelled to keep up with the Joneses.

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Both Rabin and Sharon continued to build in Jerusalem without undermining their ties with Clinton and Bush.

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Reform of the Palestinian Authority, insists Mr Sharon, must be carried out without the involvement of Mr Arafat and must be run by a Palestinian untarnished by acts of terror.

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Under the circumstances, however, Mr. Bush had no choice but to eschew Secretary Powell's campaign to euchre Sharon into abandoning his precondition that there be at least seven days without violence before committing to a renewed cease-fire with the Palestinians.

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