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Much of the war against Saddam has faded to the level of indistinct chatter, where it is hard to sort signal from noise. The problem is bad on the military front, but it is even worse among the Iraqi insurgents, who have to be coached, caressed and cajoled by the State Department. Last weekend 300 delegates from various Iraqi opposition groups gathered in New York City, where U.S. officials hoped they would finally lay aside their feuds and present a unified front. That didn't happen. The major group representing Iraq's southern Shi'ites, the Iran-backed Supreme Council...
...other autumn afternoon, the yellow-helmeted Cougars doused their faces in the water fountain and strolled onto the football field for practice. But the sideline chatter at this suburban campus outside Sacramento, Calif., was anything but casual. Over the summer Center High School's onetime journalism teacher, baseball coach and enthusiastic gridiron announcer had changed from David Warfield to Dana Rivers--and lost her job as a result. Even the jocks were in shock. "He? She? Whatever!" said Fidel Ramos, a hefty linebacker. "They shouldn't fire her." Sophomore Kevin Owen agreed: "It's not his fault...
...home, looking around at the smiling faces of parents and children and listening to the chitter-chatter of gossiping teens, I remembered youth and forgot all about med-school applications and Math 21a. I realized something very important in life--that it's okay to escape reality for awhile and dream a little. Give it a try. We won't tell anyone...
...maybe get a website ihatecellphones.com is still available). Next we launch a campaign for designated no-cell-phone areas in public places. That's right, put all the cell shouters at tables in the back of the restaurant, near the bathroom or kitchen, where they can sit alone and chatter, gesturing wildly, as if the party to whom they are speaking could see them. Later, after they get good and comfortable with their status as pariahs--instead of power guys--we simply designate all public places no-cell-phone areas. That way they'd have to stand outside...
...artists on view through Nov. 7, there is, as ever, notable work amid a great deal of minor junk. At the opening, Hamilton's minimalist installation--four rooms that appear empty but for a shower of madly pink dust collecting on their sun-drenched floors--drew crowds and the chatter of outrage, deflation and praise...