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...guess what? Now people see him that way too. He made them that way. People either hate him or love him." People don't just disagree over his policies. They argue over the basic question of who he is, his intelligence, his integrity and his intentions. Was he a closet ideologue biding his time? Or did 9/11 change everything? People even disagree with themselves. Critics who once deplored his arrogance in dealing with Congress and the world felt differently when they sensed their safety was at stake. Some who praised his leadership in targeting Afghanistan condemned him for leading...
...Greeks' main challenge was to demonstrate that a small country can successfully play host to the Olympics. Somewhere in Athens there is a giant closet full of rubble; the Greeks not only finished all the venues and had 10 volunteers on every almost clean street but eventually met their stated goal of selling 3.4 million tickets...
Many Americans, particularly those who have suffered in the closet, sympathized. "I don't know how anyone could watch the Governor and not feel sad," says Matt Foreman of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "What this situation represents is why people don't come out--because coming out can bring everything that you've worked for down around your head...
Over the past few weeks, as the threat of a Cipel lawsuit mounted, McGreevey had to decide whether he would just come out of the closet or also resign. Some advisers, including Zoffinger, argued that he should try to weather the scandal. In the end, however, "[McGreevey] didn't want to go through what Bill Clinton went through with the impeachment process," says Zoffinger. "He didn't want to put the state through 16 more months of debate about this issue...
...learned well: some of Krause's best scenes in Six Feet Under have him playing the easygoing dreamer who helps his tightly wound TV brother come out of the closet. The square jaw covered by a few days of beard, his perfect grin flashing, the California attitude--"He's a guy you're instantly prepared to like onscreen," says John Curran, who directed Krause in We Don't Live Here Anymore. With luck we'll see more of that guy--and less of the tortured victim--when Krause's blue period ends...