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...sound made by their first product, a slingshot. The pair (above, with Knerr at right) produced such iconic American toys turned fads as Silly String, the SuperBall, the hula hoop (25 million sold in four months) and the Frisbee. They created the last after they spotted an Air Force pilot flying his "Pluto Platter" on the beach and bought the rights. In 1982 they sold the company for $12 million. Knerr...
...Khattab insisted that his first food in America be a Happy Meal--Olwan pulled up to their new home, a low-slung warren of apartments on a hardscrabble stretch of West Indian School Road in Phoenix. The $450-a-month unit picked out for them had a busted air conditioner and cockroaches. It was sweltering inside. Faeza was distraught, and the manager of the building was nice enough to let her spend the weekend in the dressed-up unit used to lure new renters...
...from Gaza. Businessmen and students streamed over, as did scores of brides-to-be, caught on the Egyptian side, who scurried across to be united with their future bridegrooms in Gaza. And some, like teacher Abu Bakr, stepped through a blast hole into Egypt simply "to enjoy the air of freedom...
...stage the night he conceded the New Hampshire primary, Barack Obama looked exhausted. Closing his eyes for a moment, he leaned back on his wife, Michelle, who encircled his waist with one arm, giving him a squeeze, while pumping her other fist in the air, as if in victory. If anything, Michelle looked, in the words of her husband's campaign slogan, "fired up" and "ready...
...wears a camouflage vest over his traditional tunic and trousers, according to Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan, Pakistan bureau chief for al-Jazeera. Zaidan interviewed Mehsud just days after he was chosen by several diverse militant groups in December to lead the new Tehrik-i-Taliban movement. The interview, which will air Friday, is a first for the commander who seems to take his PR cues from the notoriously camera-shy Mullah Omar. Mehsud was surprisingly plump, says Zaidan, but his soft, stout figure and easy camaraderie belie a powerful charisma and laser-like focus. Zaidan attributes some of Baitullah's savvy...