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BUZZ Political analyst Kevin Phillips' attack on the "old-boy network" that created the Bush political "dynasty" was hailed by Beltway Bush bashers...
...Neither Bush nor Sharon nor sizable popular majorities in both their countries think so. "All of Hamas' welfare and sermons and education and health care has one aim," says Kupperwasser, the Israeli intelligence analyst, "to make people ready to participate in terrorist acts. As long as they convince Palestinians to look at suicide bombers as heroes and martyrs, instead of the roadblock to peace, Hamas is going to be successful." And at the moment, Hamas' power is unchallenged. Both Americans and Israelis believe that Arafat's downtrodden Palestinian Authority has the means to dismantle Hamas but not the will, whereas...
...National Golf Foundation, 2 out of every 3 new golfers are women. And according to NPD Group, a retail-trend tracking company, only 38% of women who buy golf apparel actually play in it. "Golf is more than just a practical sport now," says Marshal Cohen, chief analyst at the NPD Group. "People are buying golf clothes for multiuse, as a way to make casual clothing dressier." So it makes sense that fashion designers like John Galliano and Karl Lagerfeld are also getting into the game with funky golf-apparel lines that are not just for the fairway. At Christian...
...keyword search facility to retrieve e-mails. The gee-whiz feature: 1 GB of free storage - between 250 and 500 times more than at Yahoo and Hotmail. That means bulky holiday snaps won't easily overwhelm Gmail's In box. "MSN and Yahoo have to respond," warns Hellen Omwando, analyst at Forrester Research. "Consumers know they're very limited with current free offerings." But Gmail will come with a catch: the service will scan messages for frequently used words, and use the information to send users context-specific ads. It might only...
...deal to free Khodorkovsky. Fat chance. Although authorities indicated they would allow Yukos to keep disputed Siberian licenses, the Prosecutor General posted charges against Khodorkovsky's associate Platon Lebedev on its website. "Khodorkovsky is deluding himself if he thinks he can mend fences with Putin," says political analyst Dmitri Furman. It can't hurt to try - By Peter Gumbel. With reporting by Yuri Zarakhovich Someone's Paying The Price Global music-industry trade body IFPI filed the first suits against online piracy outside the U.S. , targeting 250 alleged file sharers in four countries. And British music group EMI blamed...