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...vertical image captures a leafy overhang that seems to float in mid-air, its ostensible support outside the bounds of the lens. The shadowed interior fronds reveal the internal structure to be hollow. The scene is similarly hollow, empty, deserted. There are two more trees, in at the fore, with one sized more like a shrub, but the viewer can just glimpse an island’s coast, and the open sea, in the background. The contrast between dark and light is artful and the image clear. The white of the sky is pure...
...initially welcomed Israel's 1982 invasion, feeling that it liberated them from the Palestine Liberation Organization forces that had dominated the country. But when Israel dug in for a long-term occupation, and the U.S. Marines propped up an unpopular pro-Western government, radical Shiite groups rose to the fore. Taking the lead in attacking Israeli and U.S. troops with everything from sniper fire to suicide bombs, they forced Reagan to completely abandon Lebanon in less than 18 months...
...steal a march on his rivals by taking charge of security arrangements on the ground in cities captured by the coalition. Instead, however, it appears to be the religious structures of the Shiite clergy - with which the U.S. has, at best, an awkward relationship - that have come to the fore, being the only coherent national organizational structure once the war left the Baath Party and the security services in disarray. Shiite Islam, unlike the Sunni variant, concentrates religious authority along local and regional lines. The ability of the Shiite clerical hierarchy in Najaf to project its authority into Baghdad...
...death of baseball pitcher Steven Bechler may have been linked to the herb ephedra [HEALTH, March 3]. It brings to the fore a problem that needs urgent regulatory attention. Alternative-medicine gurus and the burgeoning over-the-counter drug industry have fostered the notion that anything natural is safe. Well, the poisons strychnine, belladonna, ricin and botulin are all natural. Legislation is needed to prohibit advertising that implies "all natural ingredients" means "safe." HERMAN BIEBER Kenilworth...
...FAMILY BUSINESS. Saddam's two sons operate on a smaller scale but display their father's cunning and ruthlessness. Uday, 38, the headstrong elder child, long dominated most smuggling routes but was severely injured in a 1996 assassination attempt. That has propelled Qusay, 36, to the fore. He runs Iraq's pervasive security apparatus and has used that position to consolidate financial and political power...