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...been born rich, or if he'd been born rich but not a second-rank Saudi. It might have been another story if, while studying engineering in college, the young man had drawn a different teacher for Islamic Studies rather than a charismatic Palestinian lecturer who fired his religious fervor. Things might have been different if the Soviet Union hadn't invaded Afghanistan, if Saddam Hussein hadn't stolen Kuwait, or if U.S. forces hadn't retreated so hastily after a beating in Somalia, giving bin Laden the idea that Americans are cowards who can be defeated easily...
...then there was the Celebrity Homecoming Concert, featuring Detroit’s own Stevie Wonder, along with some other home-grown favorites—The Temptations, Tim Allen, Anita Cochran, Dave Coulier (in case you didn’t satisfy your Full House fervor with “The B.J. Show” this year), and David Alan Grier. Even though the concert was, for the most part, Detroit Diva-free (Madonna and Aretha Franklin are from Detroit, too), my best friend and I decided to drive downtown and check out the scene...
...under Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority, that's a sizable flight, with sizable consequences. Those who leave tend to worry more about making a living than about politics; it's the hardliners who stay. The same is true for Israeli settlers. Some of them, motivated by ideology or religious fervor, will never leave. But hundreds of families who moved to the settlements for cheaper apartments and government subsidies have already fled, and more would do so if the value of their homes had not collapsed...
...child nudes failed to grant was the patent devotion involved throughout the project and the delighted complicity of her son and daughters in so many of the solemn or playful events. No other collection of family photographs is remotely like it, in both its naked candor and the fervor of its maternal curiosity and care...
Following his discharge, Hunter went home to Greenville a changed man. A sometime churchgoer before his illness, he returned with fervor to Russell Memorial Baptist Church, where his wife Kim was a lifelong parishioner. He has since missed, at most, two Sundays, and coaches many of the church-sponsored youth athletic teams. Readers of TIME's report have deluged him with stories about their own encounters with angels...