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In one way or another, President Obama's critics will dog him all the way to Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, and even his admirers will continue to have doubts about his accomplishments if not his promise.
Tom Brokaw
Peace
Dog
Will
President
Way
Promise
Obama
Critics
Admirers
One-Way
About
Nobel
Nobel Peace Prize
Him
Another
Continue
His
Accomplishments
Prize
Ceremony
Doubts
Even
Oslo
My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he was 14, and they amputated it.
Roald Dahl
Father
Broke
Small
He
Small Town
Arm
Town
Came
His
Norwegian
Elbow
Who
Near
Amputated
Oslo
I was a fan of Lance Armstrong, and I remember watching him win the Worlds in '93 in Oslo.
Bradley Wiggins
Win
Remember
Worlds
Him
Armstrong
Fan
Lance Armstrong
Watching
Oslo
The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.
Natan Sharansky
Peace
Fight
Money
Power
Enough
Arafat
Would
Weapons
Given
He
Make
Territory
Terror
Israel
Were
His
Behind
Legitimacy
Central
Use
Premise
Oslo
Until the Eighties, Oslo was a rather boring town, but it's changed a lot, and is now much more cosmopolitan. If I go downtown, I visit the harbour to see the tall ships and the ferries, and to admire the modern architecture such as the Opera House or the new Astrup Fearnley Museum on the water's edge.
Jo Nesbo
Architecture
Water
Edge
Changed
Visit
Admire
Boring
See
Cosmopolitan
Rather
More
New
Town
Until
House
Opera
Opera House
Tall
Go
Lot
Ships
Modern
Eighties
Much
Harbour
Now
Downtown
Oslo
Museum
I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books.
Per Petterson
Books
Bookstore
Worked
Oslo
You want a political culture that works to create conditions under which an economy can thrive? Since signing the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians, Israel has spent two decades working to unshackle its economy from its socialist roots, with remarkable results.
John Podhoretz
You
Culture
Political
Thrive
Spent
Signing
Results
Remarkable
Since
Economy
Israel
Conditions
Decades
Want
Which
Create
Roots
Working
Works
Socialist
Palestinians
Oslo
Two
You can look at the West Bank. Cities are like prisons. They can be closed quickly by the Israeli forces, and everything stops in these cities. This is the result of Oslo.
Hassan Nasrallah
You
Result
Closed
Everything
Cities
Like
Look
Forces
Israeli
Prisons
West
West Bank
Quickly
Bank
Stops
Oslo
Although I don't know Oslo at all, there is something about the feel or the smell of the place that feels like home, which is quite interesting.
Alexander Hanson
Home
Smell
About
Something
Feel
Feels
Like
Know
Although
Quite
Place
Which
Interesting
Oslo