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...cancer, he responded, "The germ was created by the CIA." True enough, but somewhat dated. "Your government called them the 'moral equivalent of George Washington,' " he said, referring to the mujahedin who defeated the Soviets. True again - and U.S. complicity in the creation of al-Qaeda shouldn't be forgotten - but the game changed after the Russians were kicked out of Afghanistan and the terrorists focused their attention on both the U.S. and Pakistan, where they now reside. Zardari insisted the presence of Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar on Pakistani soil wasn't his fault. "They were pushed [into...
...your future. That Mexico will collapse and chaos will pour over the border. That America believes too little in God and too much in global warming. That "they" - Big Government, Big Business, Big Media - are against you. Above all, that you, small-town, small-business America - Palinville - have been forgotten. Dismissed. Laughed at. Just like him. (See the top 10 TV feuds...
...Long Time," whose waltz-like melody made the tune complete. On May 2, 1908, the U.S. Copyright Office received two copies of their song - and most likely filed them away with the hundreds of other odes to baseball that had come before it. (Among the less popular: the largely forgotten "Baseball Polka," created by a Buffalo ballplayer.) "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," on the other hand, never quite went away. Norworth and von Tilzer peddled the song to vaudeville; actors, singers and even acrobats used it in their acts and it was even played during intermissions at nickelodeons...
...deeply unpopular 37-year-old - an embodiment, for many, of royal excess - would gain much from such a venture. "That's what everyone in Nepal is laughing about," says Kunda Dixit, editor of the Nepali Times, a Kathmandu-based weekly. "It's remarkable how quickly people here have otherwise forgotten the monarchy," he says...
...Maoists, though, who waged a decade-long war against the royal army, have not forgotten so easily. A recent trip to India by Gyanendra, who lives quietly in a private residence in the capital, prompted howls of outrage from members of the government who are wary of his dealings with Nepal's influential southern neighbor. The Maoists, observers say, need to raise the specter of royalist nefariousness to boost their own flagging support. "They need to create a sense of threat, of a larger enemy, to distract the people from their failings," says Dixit...