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...PERSON OF THE YEAR SHOULD BE someone who has shaped events. Although Bush sees himself as a leader, his decisions since 9/11 have been reactive rather than proactive. It pains me greatly, therefore, to nominate two men who have really been calling the shots: Osama bin Laden and insurgent leader Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi. Both seem to understand that power comes through the hearts and minds of the people...
Summers, Harvard’s first Jewish president, visited Jordan and Israel during his trip, meeting with top government officials in both countries, including King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan and Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister...
...OSAMA BIN LADEN, on the upcoming Iraqi election, according to a new tape broadcast by the TV network al-Jazeera...
PRESIDENT BUSH, in a rare direct response to bin Laden's statements...
...urge to go higher is as old as the Great Pyramid (482 ft.). Or the Washington Monument (555 ft.). Or the Eiffel Tower (984 ft.). Is Osama bin Laden any match for our deepest impulses? "The skyscraper seems to have even more power now as a symbol of modernization," says Robert A.M. Stern, dean of the school of architecture at Yale University. And from the point of view of environmentalists and regional planners, tall buildings are the best alternative to suburban sprawl and the best means of getting more people and businesses into a smaller footprint on the ground, putting...