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...Bank correspondent Jamil Hamad. "Hafez Assad has condemned his son to a life of sleepless nights and constant pressure, always looking over your shoulder because somebody wants to kill you." And it's not as if 34-year-old Bashar has exactly coveted the job, telling anyone who'd listen until a few months ago that he harbored no presidential ambitions. But in a scenario eerily reminiscent of India's Gandhi family - in which Rajiv found greatness thrust upon him after Indira's preferred heir, Sanjay, died in a plane crash - Bashar may have had no choice after his elder...
...having movies to go to, music to listen to or television to watch doesn't exactly rank with famine or pestilence as a besetting syndrome, but it is indicative of the larger phenomenon. You know you're fading when even advertisers of new products don't try to reach you anymore because they no longer care what boomers want, or think or spend their money on (unless it is a solution to pesky erectile dysfunction or your annoying estrogen shortage). Says Cathy DeThorne, executive vice president of the advertising giant Leo Burnett U.S.A.: "Whining baby boomers are mourning the fact...
...girl, I'm a boy/and the goddess meant for me only joy." On another track, The Lamb's Book of Life, O'Connor becomes Ireland itself, running from history and searching for redemption in America: "I know that I have done many things/To give you reason not to listen to me/...Words can't express how sorry...
...Jack E. White's commentary on radio host Don Imus and his obnoxious remarks [DIVIDING LINE, May 22]: Those of us who listen to (or watch) Imus' show have come to know that anyone is a likely candidate for his wrath. Color, creed, ethnic background, occupation, political clout or financial position save no one from his outbursts. The truth is, Don is a man who has a heart of gold--but the gold is protected by large sticks of dynamite, set to go off at any moment regardless of who is disturbing them. What we are losing in this country...
...City officials say Harvard blindsided residents with the museum proposal and has made only half-hearted attempts to listen to neighborhood concerns...