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...number of British Muslims--estimates range from 1.5 million to 2.5 million--but they run the gamut of all social classes. In the West End of London, rich playboys from the gulf states are staples of the clubbing scene. In rundown mill towns in the north of England, by contrast, thousands of native Pakistanis struggle in an environment where jobs are scarce, racism is rampant and arranged marriages are the norm...
...them gold. No skier had ever won so many and no woman had ever finished first that often (only Jean Claude Killy in 1968 and Tony Sailer in 1956 had been triple-gold among men). Kostelic alone made Croatia look like a pretty formidable team. U.S. alpine women, by contrast, didn't reach the podium. That provides a brief glimpse of how formidable the courageous and charming Kostelic...
...Kaplan’s series, “Leaders Indicating Leading Indicators,” two separate paintings present the conflict between NAFTA and the Zapatistas of Chapas as a stark contrast between the urban and the rural, the supposedly civilized and the indigenous. One of the paintings is a straightforward representation of political leaders discussing current affairs; the other painting features childlike men and women wearing ski masks—worn by the Zapatistas as an act of solidarity—pointing to a vague clearing in the jungle. This clearing, Kaplan explains, represents the communities of native Mexicans...
...Bush, by contrast, has made clear with his words—and he seems determined to make clear with his actions—that the age of foreign policy by reaction is over. Instead of waiting until our enemies attack, we will preemptively destroy their capacity for attack. That is the real import and the true strength of Bush’s tough talk...
...track to snowboarding too, as each rider selects a song (from a pre-approved list) to play during his or her run, although most of the riders were listening to their own tunes. Kass had the AC/DC cranked - in part so he could drown out the crowd noise. The contrast between "Hells Bells" and John Williams' official Olympic theme could not have been greater...