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...Nadal says of Federer. RAFA TALKS TRASH TO ROGER! Sadly, no, just a little nuance lost in translation, as Nadal is still working on his English (a book, 2001 Spanish and English Idioms, sits on his hotel bed). Emotions aren't results, he quickly adds. "That's the truth: he's better than me. It's not my feeling. You can see the numbers, you can see the details," referring to Federer's top ranking and eight Grand Slams, compared with two for Nadal. But Roger turned pro in 1998, three years before Nadal, and won his first Grand Slam...
...truth is...Paris ain't bad. Hilton can't sing in any traditional sense of the word, but I Want You and Stars Are Blind--"Even though the gods are crazy/ Even though the stars are blind/ If you show me real love baby/ I'll show you mine"--are credible pieces of late-summer pop, on which she not only banishes her persona and exhales in tune but also understands that a crush is not the end of the world, just something everyone happens to relate to. Could it be that Paris speaks for all of us? Well...
...truth is nothing in the House panel's report shocked anyone who's been watching the debate over how to handle Iran. What did concern some intelligence experts was ensuring that it not end up putting pressure on the spooks that might lead to the kind of intelligence fumble that preceded the war in Iraq...
...manners that can be defined to make Iranians sound exquisitely polite or deceitful, depending on the point you're trying to make. At heart, it is a form of etiquette intended to harmonize social encounters, and involves displays of flattery and deference. Taarof does not seek to mask the truth, it simply rests on the belief that life is more pleasant when you do not needlessly inform every jerk you meet that he is indeed a jerk. What does this mean in practice? Say you go to meet the deputy foreign minister. You may not be certain if he likes...
...more popular reference to Iranians' loose relationship with the truth is the Islamic and especially Shi'ite principle of taqiyya, the practice of hiding one's religious faith under life threatening circumstances. Taqiyya evolved during the early centuries of Islam, when Shi'ite Muslims faced persecution for their minority status at the hands of majority Sunnis. The concept is not, as sometimes described, carte blanche for telling lies or promoting one's interests, but rather a moral pass to tell one very specific lie (?I am not a Shi'ite') expressly to avoid being killed. From this ancient practice that...