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...depends upon you." To those not familiar with the Middle East, that might seem nothing more than as a passing remark, but I'll bet that phrase makes the headlines in the Arab media. The appeal to the Iraqi and Arab sense of responsibility for one's guest is bound to resonate in the region...
...Americans, we should remember, are capable of getting tired of being the world's cops. They did so in the late 1970s, after Vietnam, and the bloody muddle of Iraq may weary them of playing this role once again. That would please those who would like to see Gulliver bound, but they might be careful of what they wish for. In the years after Vietnam, the Soviet Union, uncontained, went adventuring in Angola, Ethiopia and Afghanistan. If, after Iraq, the U.S. decided that sorting out the world's problems just wasn't worth the hassle, any answer to the question...
...what made Sharon such an enduring?and ultimately appealing?politician was his obdurate self-belief, a refusal to be bound by the constraints of negotiated agreements or ideology. Whatever Sharon did, he was at least as devoted to the fight as to the cause. That is what made him one of the greatest?some peers say the greatest?military commander in Israeli history. It's what enabled him, from a variety of Cabinet posts, to construct settlements in the face of international opprobrium. But it's also what allowed him not only to evacuate Gaza but, 23 years earlier...
...they figure Scarlett Johansson for the latest in the long line of movie bombshells dating back at least to Jean Harlow. That is an image that her appearance as Nola Rice, tragic fulcrum of the plot Woody Allen has devised for his well-received new movie, Match Point, is bound to enhance?except with Johansson herself: "I never think about that stuff. I like to think of myself as, I go to work and I act. It's my professional life...
...former chef at the White House has written a tell-all book. For example, he says Dick Cheney, Vice President, his favorite dish is something called chicken Gitmo?it's chicken bound and gagged over rice." ?DAVID LETTERMAN...