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...dinner.) But recently, Nabil's been reassessing Saddam, seeing him in a new light. "You have to admire the fact that, unlike the West, he has consistently stuck to his principles," he says, checking his hair on a shiny wall panel. "In many ways, Saddam is a hero: somebody who never wavers from his course in the face of adversity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Jordan's Yuppies Root for Saddam | 1/21/2003 | See Source »

...vague generality under fire, take the typical example, “Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme.” The question is asked, “Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?” Our hero replies by opening his essay with, “David Hume, the great Scottish philosopher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If these be the spirit of the age in which he lived, then he was representative of it.” This generality expert has already taken his position...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 1/13/2003 | See Source »

...even mention his plan to restart negotiations with the Palestinians and evacuate Israeli settlements in Gaza. Instead, he went with the New Zionist flow and showed photos from his days as an army general, including a video clip in which assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, an old-time Zionist hero if ever there was one, heaped praise on Mitzna. The price for this return to Zionism is being paid by Israel's 1.2 million Arab citizens. During Israel's first two decades, the country's Arabs lived under martial law. Sharon's not there yet, but he's overseeing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back To Zionism | 1/12/2003 | See Source »

Even today, the small Kentucky school prominently references its victory on its website. The game’s score, “C6H0,” is painted across one of the main buildings on campus, and McMillin became a hero in Kentucky and much of the rest of the country...

Author: By Doug G. Mulliken, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Revisiting Defeat, Eight Decades Later | 1/10/2003 | See Source »

...Strangely, even the Sugihara family is divided on the case. Nobuki Sugihara, the hero's youngest son, has denounced the lawsuit as an exploitation of his elderly and infirm mother. But Yukiko's daughter-in-law Michi Sugihara calls Nobuki's position "foolish." Hollywood may also be entering the fray. Both authors are developing separate Sugihara film projects, though they deny that the lawsuit has anything to do with their cinematic endeavors. For now, it's anyone's guess which version of Sugihara's List will make it to the multiplex near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Profiles in Courage | 1/6/2003 | See Source »

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