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...deserters to prevent them from aiding the insurgents. In the Shi'ite-dominated south, Iraqi police watched idly as members of al-Sadr's Medhi Army seized their buildings, weapons and vehicles. The inability or unwillingness of the Iraqis to help suppress the twin uprisings forced U.S. officials to admit publicly last week what many have assumed for months. General John Abizaid, head of the U.S. Central Command (Centcom), says Iraqi security forces won't be ready to assume control until September at the earliest...
...citizen has certain misgivings. "Politics aside," he wonders, "is Richard Nixon worth [a salary of] $100,000? I admit his chances look pretty good, but what about ours?" Waging a sort of personal third campaign, he has a captious eye on Hyannisport as well: "The choice is between the lesser of two evils, anyway," he says. "Some people claim Nixon is trying to sell the country, and Kennedy is trying to buy it." ... With one eye on world news and the other on Variety, [Sahl] is a volatile mixture of show business and politics, of exhibitionistic self-dedication...
...these sorts of mind games. He probably enjoys the secular left's discomfort with his religious references as much as he "enjoyed" going up against the stony Gen eral Assembly (and despite a few awkward moments, he probably had a ball frustrating the reporters who asked him to admit mistakes or make apologies in his recent press conference...
...real goal is not a reunited Cyprus (though that would have been fine) but its own membership of the E.U. And the Turkish Cypriots' hefty vote in favor of the U.N. plan could help them get there. In December, the E.U. will decide whether to open talks to admit Turkey to the club; once those talks begin, it will be difficult to deny Turkey its place - even though several European countries, notably France, have made it clear negotiations could drag...
Feminists and beauty companies alike have always paid attention to the time and effort women spend on looks. Instead of society lowering the beauty standards for women, however, the bar has been raised for both genders. Students today are quick to admit that girls must squeeze themselves into a more restrictive mold, but the consensus is that male beauty is a growing concern. “Men are getting more pressure regarding body image issues,” says Jeff E. Fernandez ’05. Over the last decade, many men have not only tested the boundaries of coiffing...