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...which superheroes have this kind of appeal gets marginally tougher. A lot of heroes are already popular with the comic-book crowd. But some heroes have that all-important mass appeal. What makes, say, Wolverine infinitely more attractive than Mr. Fantastic? I posed this question to a few diehard fans and they pretty much focused on the samething: the superpower. It has to be spectacular. What guy doesn’t want rip-roaring brawn, the ability to heal himself and 12-inch retractableclaws? On the other hand, Mr. Fantastic can-what, stretch himself...
...DeLay, the take-no-prisoners House Republican Whip, has already lapped Democrats in the race to prove who is Israel's strongest ally on Capitol Hill. On April 3, long before Israel's diehard supporters in the Democratic Party had begun to wake up, DeLay visited Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri - site of Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain " speech 56 years earlier - to give an impassioned defense of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's military offensive against the Palestinians. Yasir Arafat is "completely untrustworthy," DeLay thundered. Instead of trying to be a neutral broker in the deadly conflict, George Bush...
...fiercely loyal fan base. With people jumping up and down so much that the floor shook and every person singing every line from every song, it was clear that Great Big Sea does not place its stock in the casual fan, but in the devoted diehard. The number of Newfoundland flags being waved in the crowd reflected the fact that Great Big Sea is possibly the most popular band in eastern Canada. The crowd must have been at leastd three quarters Canadian, with locals in a definite minority...
...objector in a nation without the option to object. But this year, as Israel spirals ever further away from peace, Geffen draws his generation closer and the power of Geffen’s music to move and convey his message is clearly not dependent on language. This fall, the diehard pacifist and conscientious objector even joined the army, if only as an entertainer for the troops...
...company—under new management since 1997—launched a modish marketing campaign aimed at the fashionable and impressionable youth of the world, introducing the fragrance Burberry Touch a couple of years ago. If dressing oneself in the old check pattern is not enough to satisfy diehard fans, Burberry Barbie—who sports a plaid kilt, scarf and bag and is “classic in every sense of the word”—is available for $88 from www.dollsanddarlings.com. A pattern once appropriate only on Grandfather’s coat has quickly become...