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...gave Cheney "an earload full" at a private dinner in Houston on Wednesday--urging the Veep to abandon the Administration's pro-Israel tilt. And when Abdullah met with the President in Crawford, Texas, on Thursday, there were even signs that the old Bush charm had lost its purchase. Accounts of the 5-hr. meeting vary dramatically. According to two sources, Abdullah surprised Bush with three handouts--a photo album and two videocassettes--each containing powerful images of the destruction of Palestinian homes by Israeli troops. The two men looked through the book and watched the videos, the sources said...
Guitar manufacturers have long used women to hawk their wares--but often as bosomy ad models clutching Flying V's in manicured hands. Now there's a slow change afoot, even though female buyers still account for only about 5% of guitar sales. Last year Tish Ciravalo, a bass guitar-playing mother of two girls, founded DAISY ROCK GIRL GUITARS, a company that designs instruments for the female player. The Daisy Rock axes have thinner necks and smaller, easy-to-hold bodies in such unapologetically girlie shapes as hearts and daisies--see left. Starting at $239 (including purple...
DIED. BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISON, 67, author of the much lauded 1978 book Visions of Glory, a nuanced account of the 12 years she spent as a Jehovah's Witness; of pulmonary disease; in New York City. Converted at 9 by her mother, Harrison moved into the Brooklyn, N.Y., headquarters of the organization at 19; after three years she renounced it. Harrison, who wrote for Ms. and other magazines, presented the faith as racist and sexist--but with members who were often humanitarian and kind...
...possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history." Hanssen's lawyer, Plato Cacheris, insists his client has done his best to cooperate fully, as he pledged when he struck a plea bargain last July to avoid the death penalty. Still, some FBI officials think serious inconsistencies remain in his account of 21 years as a double agent for Soviet intelligence, during which he is estimated to have betrayed 50 U.S. spies and potential recruits. (It didn't help that Hanssen lost his temper with a skeptical bureau polygrapher...
...curriculum choices sensitively took into account our own views and challenged us to broaden them, forced us to combine philosophy with the heart to truly understand society and our role within it,” the student wrote...