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...When Nuge called, he immediately launched into a diatribe on why there are so few Republican rockers, talking for eight uninterrupted minutes, several times working himself into a screaming frenzy, once about colonial British taxes. Nuge also burped twice. Amid this rant, Nuge mentioned - three times - that unlike the Kerry-loving, dope-smoking hippie rockers on tour, he believes in living by the Ten Commandments. Asked to name them, he said, "I couldn't rip them off right now. I'm sure I live them on a daily basis." When pressed, he named five before paraphrasing the rest: "THOU SHALT...
That left everyone bracing to see whether battle would resume. But the pause was an acknowledgment of how much was at risk for all sides. The uprising poses a grave challenge to the seven-week-old interim government, which has yet to establish popular legitimacy or law and order amid the chaos of post-Saddam Iraq. Allawi had set himself up as a tough guy ready to impose draconian measures to quell the country's relentless violence. Yet taking the fight all the way to the golden-domed Imam Ali shrine, where al-Sadr's men were dug in, could...
...acre Mugie Ranch is trying something new. It is part of the Laikipia Predator Project, run by wildlife biologist Laurence Frank of the University of California, Berkeley, who is seeking better ways for big cats and humans to coexist. Adapting techniques from Masai tribesmen, who have herded cattle amid predators in this region for centuries, he is teaching ranchers to build taller, stronger bomas--traditional livestock pens made of thorn branches--to stop night-time raids by lions. When the herds are let out to graze during the day, they are accompanied by guards, some armed with rifles, which they...
...selling of Olympic medals has come a long way since Mary Lou Retton catapulted onto Madison Avenue in 1984. Back then, the sports-marketing industry was just starting to think outside the Wheaties box. As marketing muscle has become more sophisticated amid proliferating cable channels, the Olympics have remained among the few events that can rise above all the clutter, a 17-day Super Bowl in search of iconic moments. As a result, the handful of Olympic hopefuls who get singled out for their potential star power have started demanding more cash than they did a few quadrenniums...
...worst kind of publicity failure comes from drug tests. So far, Nike is standing by track star Marion Jones, whose "Drive for Five" gold medals in 2000 made her the It girl in Sydney but who heads to Athens amid allegations of abuse of performance-enhancing drugs. "She has been steadfast in stating her innocence," says Nike spokesman Scott Reames, "and we support her in her goal to return to the Olympic stage." That support this summer includes six-page Marion-only ads in several glossies, plus a new TV commercial...