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...more secular and less attached to the vision of a greater Israel, ideological splits have emerged among the settlers. The most radical "hilltop youths" are ready to mobilize and resist the government's attempts to remove them. Many like Harel are second-generation settlers, the sons and daughters of older Zionists. They have grown up steeped in holy books and prophecy and see themselves as the first line of defense against the Arabs. They consider themselves divorced from the state and view the army and politicians, once their loudest cheerleaders, with distrust and suspicion. It has become a showdown...
...doesn't hurt to have had a father like Archie Manning, the Ole Miss legend and New Orleans Saints standout quarterback. All the Manning boys are genetic freaks: younger brother Eli is a starting quarterback, though not an effective one for now, with the New York Giants, and older brother Cooper was slashing toward stardom before a spinal disorder ended his career (he's now a successful businessman in New Orleans...
Nostalgia is not what it used to be, according to antique dealers, and this scholarly and delightful volume proves them right. American Toy Cars and Trucks by Lillian Gottschalk (Abbeville; 328 pages; $75) celebrates wheels past, from 1894 to 1942, and the older these miniatures are, the more charm radiates from their wire wheels and peeling running boards. From the Jones & Bixler touring car complete with uniformed chauffeur, to the double-deck city bus populated by "clown, fireman, porter and gentleman," to the motorcycle steered by Popeye, Bill Holland's photographs offer a bright valedictory to objects that managed...
...Trinity School. Besides, she adds, "nobody seems to like their own hair." In Los Angeles, where red is the hair flavor of the day, the aim among youngsters often is to imitate such scarlet-tressed idols as Teen Actress Molly Ringwald and Sarah Ferguson, the new Duchess of York. Older trendies are often attracted by the instant but revocable shock value. Explains Allan Mottus, publisher of the Informationist, a beauty-industry newsletter: "Monday through Friday you can have one life-style and then change it on Saturday night. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde lives...
...love as suspect and second-rate. Trevor Scott and Naseem Saunders are a case in point. A native of Jamaica, Scott, 37, applied for a visa at the U.S. consulate in Kingston to travel to Chicago to marry Saunders, 47. But a consular official decided Scott was marrying the older woman as a shortcut into the U.S. and refused to issue the proper papers. Only intervention by several Chicago dignitaries produced the visa. Says Scott: "I was treated like a criminal...