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...took his car to Test & Tune and ate at Wanda's Restaurant. Over the past four years, he brought three bodies to a nearby crematory, telling co-owner Glenda Wilson his equipment was down and he needed a favor, she says. She always complied, free of charge. The Marsh clan went about the business of living, all the while surrounded by rotting corpses...
Fighting the Taliban and running the fragile government have clearly taken a toll on Karzai's health. He looks a decade older than 44, and when he is fatigued, his facial muscles twitch. Born in Kandahar and educated in India, Karzai is the scion of a noble Pashtun clan. He glides easily between the traditional and the modern worlds. He relishes sparring with tribal visitors, who come grumbling about their local rivals or demanding special attention. It's like the court of a traditional Afghan chieftain. Everyone has his say, but Karzai, with humor but firmness, imposes his will...
...estate," he says. Although brother Harry didn't score the fringed footstool for his wife and kids, he did go home with his father's old leather chair, some antique furniture and jewelry to pass down to his six children and, best of all, photo albums of the Hagerty clan spanning the past century. "Knowing my children will eventually inherit these family things is important to me," he says. Roy says the process of closing down his family home was "a difficult time--everyone was on edge, and it was emotionally charged," but he and his brothers are glad they...
Pause. Uncomfortable silence. Among the clan for whom a wrong answer equals more shopping, tension and anticipation builds as the professor, fumbling to mix the right dose of anesthetizing sympathy with academic severity in front of what seems like a thousand pairs of eyes, weighs his options...
True, but few Saudis would argue that such proceedings are the way to handle the complex problems of a country in the 21st century. Prince Talal, a senior member of the al Saud clan and a strong Abdullah ally, is outspoken in calling for greater change, starting with putting religion in its proper place in society. "Freedom, democracy, women's rights, human rights - these are all valid and we have to address them as soon as possible," says Talal. "A dialogue between the rulers and the ruled is what we are calling for." But, as Talal acknowledges, such a dialogue...