Word: clan
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...roles. Among the Wootens of Nashville, son Luke, a record producer, calls himself the Chicken Little of the family. He's the one who stockpiled water and bought the gas masks, though they turned out to be too big for his four- and five-year-old sons. When the clan assembles next week, he expects to discuss what they would do in the event of another attack. "I'm not saying we should move to the mountains and wait for the end to happen," he says. "But I think it's wise to have a contingency plan." His wife Nicole...
...strangely comforted by living in a society strong enough to tolerate such idiocy. It would be worse to live in a country where the enjoyment of music is prohibited, as in Afghanistan under the Taliban. Of course, Pierce dreams of a day when he and his mediocre clan can have Taliban-like power over the masses, but until then people like me are free to denounce him publicly. As a singer, I rejoice that I would be equally unwelcome under the Taliban or in Pierce's postrevolutionary "utopia." CYNTHIA CLAYTON VASQUEZ Santa Maria, Calif...
...respects to the aged, deposed Afghan King, Mohammed Zahir Shah, whom the U.S. has tapped as a symbolic rallying figure for post-Taliban Afghanistan. But if Shirzai is following the age-old Afghan custom of building bridges, he is also following its equally venerable tradition of nursing grudges. His clan is part of the Pashtun ethnic group, which, with 40% of the population, is Afghanistan's biggest. Shirzai is wary of the forces of the Northern Alliance, who are mostly Tajiks (25% of all Afghans) and Uzbeks (6%) and who are poised, should the Taliban fall, to greatly expand...
...steady stream of low-level tribal leaders from across the border in Afghanistan has appeared at his ornate doors in Quetta, Pakistan, seeking an audience with a man they expect will soon return from a five-year exile. His contacts and prominence?Shirzai heads an ancient and powerful clan?make him a strong contender to replace the local Taliban leaders if they fall in the southern region of Kandahar where he was once governor...
...respects to the aged, deposed Afghan King, Mohammed Zahir Shah, whom the U.S. has tapped as a symbolic rallying figure for post-Taliban Afghanistan. But if Shirzai is following the age-old Afghan custom of building bridges, he is also following its equally venerable tradition of nursing grudges. His clan is part of the Pashtun ethnic group, which, with 40% of the population, is Afghanistan's biggest. Shirzai is wary of the forces of the Northern Alliance, who are mostly Tajiks (25% of all Afghans) and Uzbeks (6%) and who are poised, should the Taliban fall, to greatly expand...