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...officers were holding sway. Rumors also abounded that Than Shwe's family had fled the country. But Burma's military has ruled with an iron grip for 45 years and predicting its demise - or even nascent reform within its ranks - is a dangerous exercise. Burma's generals may be faceless, but their staying power has outstripped that of the world's far better known dictators...
...rulers of the world's pariah states are usually recognizable personalities. Kim Jong Il with his electrified hairdo, Muammar Gaddafi with his aviator sunglasses, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with his penchant for windbreakers. But Burma? No one dictator comes to mind, only a coterie of faceless generals - 12, to be exact. Last week, in the junta's latest wave of repression, soldiers fired on thousands of peaceful protesters who had dared challenge its iron-fisted rule. But the question remains: Who exactly controls Burma, one of the world's most isolated regimes...
...video-game aficionados, the entertainment event of the year has nothing to do with Harry Potter or Jack Sparrow or Spider-Man. It happens on Sept. 25, when Halo 3 will be released, starring a faceless and all-but-nameless space marine called the Master Chief. He's a new kind of celebrity for a new and profoundly weird millennium...
...Libyan tuna smugglers. He describes a patchwork economy in which traders bid thousands on a carcass, and minor variations in weather send ripples across continents. In Issenberg's view, the sushi trade symbolizes a "virtuous global commerce" - a system of exchange in which handshakes and individual innovations trump the faceless forces of multinational corporations. "Power is decentralized," he writes, "and supply and demand are regulated not by moguls but by local ideas about value and taste...
...opening shots of "Vive Le Screwcap," Bonny Doon Vineyard's online video extolling the virtues of screwcapped wine, a faceless sommelier prepares for an evening at work, fastening his flashy cufflinks in a dimly lit boudoir. He reaches into a drawer full of corkscrews, scoops them up, and casts them into the trash. "Le cork est mort! (The cork is dead!)," the sommelier proclaims in a campy French accent. "Vive le screwcap...