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...hardly changing his tune; he was simply emphasizing, as any candidate would, his fealty to the core beliefs of the vast majority of his electorate - beliefs which the U.S. media and administration have tended to ignore in their bid to project a fantasy persona onto Abbas as the White Knight who will deliver Palestinian consent to Ariel Sharon's peace terms...
...needs to change the perception that the war on terrorism is a war on Islam. The U.S. needs to be a neutral arbitrator that tolerates, supports and loves Israelis and Palestinians equally and fairly. Only then can the war on terrorism be won. Volak Sao Phnom Penh Phil Knight: Just do It Phil Knight, who is giving up his role as Nike's CEO while retaining the title of chairman [MILESTONES, Nov. 29], was a pioneer in the art of celebrity sports marketing, signing big stars to promote Nike products. He was selected by TIME eight years...
...Michael Jordan is God, then Phil Knight put him in heaven. By paying Jordan and other athletes millions to endorse his shoes, the chairman and CEO of Nike has helped turn them into household names ... [Knight] is the master of the mantra of the age ('Just Do It') and the proprietor of Nike's unmistakable swoosh, the icon that has turned the lowly sneaker into winged sandals ... Knight's stars are frontiersmen, exponents of an in-your-face brand of American optimism. And thus sports, as Knight has asserted, are 'the culture of the U.S.' By exporting the culture...
...single company with a single board and one chief executive. Shell has been fined by regulators and still faces numerous lawsuits, but even the most critical investors are applauding the speed and boldness with which the CEO faced the crisis. "He deserves a lot of credit," says Eric Knight of Knight Vinke Asset Management, which, together with the California state retirement fund Calpers, led the push for change. Shell stock has rebounded, and it's now well above where it was before the crisis began. Will Van der Veer be as forceful in less turbulent times? His perspective: a unified...
...article that, thankfully, has received considerable attention, the Concerned Women for America (CWA) have the audacity to compare Kinsey to a Nazi criminal. Robert Knight, director of the CWA’s Culture & Family Institute, told the Associated Press that “instead of being lionized, Kinsey’s proper place is with Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele or your average Hollywood horror flick mad scientist.” Scientist? Absolutely. But practitioner and organizer of systematic torture? Absolutely...