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...last long enough to be there when they do. Even the other campaigns concede privately that if Dean hasn't stumbled by then--and particularly, if he has won both Iowa and New Hampshire--the race could be all but over before the other candidates get to test their appeal outside the political-hothouse environment of the small, early states. If so, the front-loaded primary process may backfire, giving the first contests more, not less influence over the outcome...
...polls suggest that most Americans haven't given the race much thought at all. It's not until Feb. 3--with seven contests in South Carolina, Delaware, Missouri, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and North Dakota--that the Democratic race will begin to take the pulse of the candidates' national appeal. Four days later comes the big state of Michigan, starting off a procession of primaries that leads to the biggest ones of all, New York and California, on March...
...like Hamid Karzai. Anointed by Washington, Karzai was named head of Afghanistan by a delegation of his countrymen soon after the fall of the Taliban. With the 24-member Iraqi Governing Council bickering to a standstill, the idea of a dominant Karzai-like leader in Baghdad is gaining widespread appeal. In an interview last week with a San Diego television station, Secretary of State Colin Powell seemed almost wistful: "We don't yet see somebody like the gentleman who took over in Afghanistan." In Iraq, such a gentleman might be hard to find...
...packed cinemas and looks certain to expand his fan base beyond the connoisseurs who have formed his core audience so far. "It's not only his best movie, it's also his most accessible," says Atsushi Ohara, an anim? critic for the daily Asahi Shimbun. "It's going to appeal to people beyond the usual animation fans...
...million out of sponsors this year, topping the €12.9 million it attracted in 2002. After recently inking deals with Nike and British mobile phone operator O2, it has kick-started negotiations with U.K. utility Powergen and brewers Tetley's. For businesses, the rough-and-tumble game's appeal lies in its audience; a primarily male, affluent demographic, anchored in the corporate sector. "The marketability of English rugby...