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...DIED. PAUL H. NITZE, 97, U.S. negotiator and diplomat who worked in every Administration from Franklin Roosevelt's through Ronald Reagan's; in Washington, D.C. Erudite and irritable, wealthy and brash, Nitze was involved in many of the most important foreign-policy matters of post-World War II America, from the Marshall Plan to the nuclear arms race. An original cold warrior, he believed in countering the Soviet Union with military strength, although he may be best remembered for his 1982 attempt at conciliation, when he invited his Soviet counterpart to take a walk near Geneva in an effort...
Sistani proved his authority in August, when Najaf had sunk into chaos. As the fighting began, he abruptly quit the city to seek medical treatment abroad. The rumors started: Sistani was dying; Sistani was afraid; Sistani was losing influence to Muqtada al-Sadr, the brash young cleric whose militiamen were battling U.S. troops to a standstill. But on Aug. 26, as the Americans were on the verge of assaulting one of Iraq's most sacred Shi'ite shrines, Sistani showed he was still the Man. Straight from medical treatment for a heart condition in London, he was driven into Najaf...
...spacecraft; a tale that inspired a book, a TV movie and a wave of popular fascination with alien encounters. DIED. PAUL H. NITZE, 97, formidable diplomat and negotiator who was one of the principal architects of American's cold war policies toward the Soviet Union; in Washington, D.C. Erudite, brash and sometimes irritable, he worked for Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt through to Ronald Reagan, helping to instigate the postwar Marshall Plan and, in 1950, writing a key paper that urged a U.S. economic and military buildup to "frustrate the Kremlin design of a world dominated by its will...
...brash young millionaire among aging ex-communists, but Hungary's ruling Socialists are hoping Ferenc Gyurcsany, their new Prime Minister-designate, can rebuild the party's tattered image in time for elections in 2006. Gyurcsany, 43, who's moving up from Youth and Sports Minister, made his fortune by buying state enterprises at fire-sale prices in the early 1990s. In a party vote, he beat an old-guard politician named Peter Kiss by a margin of 40% after Peter Medgyessy, the former PM, officially quit. Although lacking in experience, Gyurcsany is not lacking in confidence. "He believes in himself...
...sedan, which went on sale in the spring, is the hottest iron out of Chrysler in a generation. Beefy, brash, styled like a gangstermobile, it is resonating with urban hipsters, popping up in music videos and car-makeover magazines, tricked out with big wheels, lowered suspensions and interiors with mini-bars and reclining seats. Shaq owns one; so does Snoop Dogg. The top-end 300C features Chrysler's popular 340-h.p. Hemi engine--a revival of the legendary V-8s that Chrysler built in the 1950s and '60s--the most car muscle you can buy in the $35,000 price...