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Yet the logistics of his announcement suggest some radical rethinking. Kerry dropped his plan to make his announcement in front of Old Ironsides in Boston Harbor and instead will do it in South Carolina, in front of an aircraft carrier. The switch puts more emphasis on his military background and...
In Washington, officials acknowledged the intensity of the struggle for supremacy among the Shi'ites. But they thought it "inconceivable," as one put it, that any Shi'ite could bomb his religion's holiest site. "It would be like a Catholic blowing up the Vatican," said the official. That may...
Zandl is president of the Zandl Group, a small, boutiquey trend-analysis shop based in Manhattan's beyond-hip SoHo. She speaks with an elusive, unplaceable accent. She was born in Germany and raised in Australia, the world's least and most cool countries, respectively. After Zandl's family moved...
(2 of 2) Like generations of Paris limonadiers before them, the Costes brothers made their way up from the Auvergne, a poor region some 700 km south of Paris. Since the 1830s, Auvergnats have dominated the café trade: they made their living hauling coal up apartment stairs while their...
Alexander was a voracious reader of history books, especially those about his favorite period, the Middle Ages. He played Brahms and Bach on the cello and was accomplished at tennis, swimming and skateboarding. In fact, it seemed the only thing the 10-year-old couldn't do easily was make...