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...India is one vast enigma, it could have no more apt leader than a Prime Minister who prefers poetry, a rousing orator who shuns the public and a computer illiterate, 79, whose young tech warriors are taking on the world. But Vajpayee's greatest trick--and the one that places him among the world's most significant figures--is his pursuit of peace with Pakistan while heading the Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People's Party), which rose to power in the 1990s on a wave of Hindu chauvinism. In January the Hindu Vajpayee met Pakistan's Muslim President Pervez Musharraf...
...looked like he belonged," says American midfielder Claudio Reyna of crosstown rival Manchester City. "Every goalie makes mistakes, but Tim's consistency this first season has been incredible." Not to anyone who knows him. He carries himself with such equanimity that even his mother, Esther, calls him "an enigma." It's not that Howard doesn't feel stress. Whenever Esther visited Tim and his new wife, Laura, this season, she could see the pressure of playing for Man U causing an increase in his Tourette's symptoms. The moment Tim got home from practice, he'd start throwing his head...
...later served as the Islamic republic's second President, guiding the country through a long, bloody war after Saddam Hussein invaded Iran in 1980. During that time, he was maimed by a bomb set off by Iranian terrorists that paralyzed his right arm. Khamenei these days is an enigma to many Iranians. His down-to-earth image clashes with his hard-line pronouncements against the U.S. and Israel. Before the balloting, he called on Iranians to give America a "punch in the mouth" by going to the polls...
...glory of R in the space of this page, but I will try to provide a brief glimpse into his genius. If you’re not convinced, you are basically a hater. Winston Churchill once called Russia “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” It seems that R. Kelly and Russia have more in common than just the letter...
...amidst the flood of reissues. For many, dorm room decorating is a chance to reinvent oneself—a time to break away from the pink sheets and stuffed animal smorgasbords of one’s past and inform the world, or at least the entryway, about the complex enigma they are so privileged to have in their midst...