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...machine. Hanson came to fame in 1996 with her maiden speech in the House of Representatives, shattering the "political correctness" consensus of the last decade and rocketing herself to political infamy. She then went on to the form the (somewhat ironically titled) One Nation Party. The limelight began to fade for Hanson by 1999 when One Nation was not even One Party. The party and the dream (or nightmare) had ended...
Chalabi didn't fade away after his defeat in 1996. Instead, he flew to Washington, where, to the outrage of the CIA and State Department, he began cultivating key Republican Senators such as Trent Lott and Jesse Helms, who forced Clinton to sign the Iraq Liberation Act. Chalabi hoped that the legislation would open the spigot on U.S. arms and training so he could field another guerrilla force...
...died quietly, and I watched (with some, but not enough, regret) its gleaming gun-metal skin fade swiftly to death's dull gray. It wasn't a particularly big swordfish; it weighed only 247 lbs. A big swordfish would weigh more than half...
...first a few fighter aircraft circled above our heads. The flyers must have seen that we were refugees, mostly women, children and the elderly. In the next instant dozens around me were burning to death as fire bombs fell indiscriminately. This scene is not one that will ever fade for me, even after almost 50 years. At the time I thought that such horrific acts were perhaps inevitable during the course of war. But now I question such actions. Does not justice dictate that we should at least acknowledge the loss suffered by innocent civilians, whether inflicted under orders...
...photo-shoot--with bold, camera-friendly models--I looked at the resulting film with a self-reflective eye. And frankly, I felt a twinge of jealousy. Not only were the models beautiful, but thanks to the magic of Photoshop technology, every pesky freckle would vanish, every superfluous curve fade to shadow. Perfection awaited in black and white...