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...outlet through which to criticize and embarrass Arafat. "We in Fatah are the ones who shouldered the burden of the peace project," says a West Bank security official, citing the group's work in building Authority institutions. "But in spite of what we have suffered, Arafat doesn't listen...
...trash talking to his opponents, the press and anyone else who would listen, he connected things as seemingly opposite as Davy Crockett's braggadocio and the aggressive posturing of the black streets and locker rooms where he grew up. His startling wit was as exhilarating as those flying pies in American slapstick movies...
...STROKES Is This It (RCA) It's impossible to listen to this album without noting all the '70s punk/pop acts being ripped off left and right. It's also impossible to resist nodding your head and singing along. The Strokes may be derivative--of the Velvet Underground, Television, David Bowie and many others--but to borrow a phrase from Courtney Love, they fake it so real, they are beyond fake. Is This It is full of great guitar hooks, dry pop lyrics ("Alone we stand, together we fall apart/I think I'll be all right") and old-fashioned rock...
...certainly agree with Michael Elliott, that we must listen to the stories of Islam's poor and give a large measure of generosity to Afghanistan and other Muslim countries [ESSAY, Dec. 3]. But we must not let ourselves be lulled into thinking that aid alone will change feelings toward us in the Islamic world. It is not America's reaction to the atrocities of Sept. 11 that will inspire a generation of young Muslims to commit themselves to armed struggle against the West; it is the hateful preaching by the teachers of those young Muslims. We must bring...
...alternative. That shouldn't lull Thaksin into thinking he can ignore the King's advice. Says Sem Pringpuangkaew, a Thaksin loyalist who organized the nationwide petition drive in support of the Prime Minister while the PM was on trial for concealing his assets earlier this year: "Everybody has to listen to the King, including the Prime Minister." If he doesn't, Thaksin may find his vaunted mandate melting away...