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...Sadr's grandstanding is partly politics; he is trying to strengthen his position among Shi'ite leaders. But few doubt his pulling power--hundreds of thousands regularly attend his sermons--or dismiss the implied threat of an Iranian-style Islamic uprising...
When someone mentions a “dateline,” don’t think solely of the NBC news magazine show or the website that tries to match up couples. Don’t dismiss it as an archaic vestige of journalism from many decades ago. When you pick up a newspaper and begin to read a story with a dateline, think for a couple of seconds about the people like me who get excited by having earned a dateline. Consider what efforts went into getting the dateline. Don’t overlook this journalistic symbol entirely...
...MORI poll released last week, only 36% of British adults considered Blair trustworthy, and 59% said he had failed to live up to their expectations. Critics, both in the Labour Party and outside, largely blame Campbell's style of news management - so combative and relentless that by now people dismiss as spin much of what the government says. Conservative M.P. Alan Duncan, shadow foreign minister, asked to compare Campbell's role with that of previous image makers, replies, "How much do you know about Dr. Goebbels?" and then, more seriously, says, "He's a very competent propagandist; none better...
...billion fund to pay outstanding Holocaust-related slave-labor claims in exchange for legal immunity from restitution demands. Indeed, the German ambassador in Washington, Wolfgang Ischinger, in January wrote to the New Jersey judge who is considering Principe's suit in the U.S., urging him to dismiss that case. It should, according to the ambassador, be subsumed by the 2000 agreement. Principe's lawyers filed an angry rebuttal, saying the ambassador's letter "inexcusably" failed to disclose the German government's own "substantial pecuniary interest" in the case. Behind the scenes, the German Foreign Ministry has been trying to convince...
...While it's easy to dismiss these plane spotters as sad anoraks, they were local heroes to me?animated, cheerful souls absolutely passionate about their beloved airport. Their enthusiasm was infectious. Perhaps it was just as well I was flying back to London that night, otherwise I could have stayed there all week. Why on earth did men hang out in Wan Chai when there was such a spectacle? What pole dancer on earth could provide entertainment on par with this...