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...with a salt-and-pepper beard and a soothing baritone, is a boardroom charmer. Barry Schuler, president of the company's AOL division, recalls extending a hand the first time he met Parsons. "Dick went right past my hand and gave me a big bear hug," says Schuler. Parsons is relentlessly self-deprecating. "One of my kids," he says, "gave me a T shirt that said, I MAY NOT BE BRIGHT, BUT I CAN LIFT HEAVY THINGS...
...curiosity for Karzai's many visitors and well-wishers. These are turbaned tribal elders who gather in the old Taliban's war council room, sitting cross-legged and fingering their prayer beads in a gas lantern's blue light. Some of them greet Karzai with a good Pashtun hug; others kiss his hand. "Is my turban all right?" laughs Karzai when photographers appear. "And I haven't touched my beard in months...
...Danang Dwikartiko, who along with the other arresting officers was immediately promoted by Megawati for nabbing Tommy. "I thought he might try to resist. But when he woke up, he gave himself up without a fight." Perhaps not a surprising reaction from the multimillionaire businessman who received a warm hug from Jakarta's chief of police when he was brought in to police headquarters. "His capture was orchestrated," concludes Neta Pane, co-chairman of Indonesia Police Watch. "I think the police have known all along where he was and were only waiting for the right moment to bring...
...intimate friendship with so many people, Denny provided to us warmth and passion that was without end; he was in many ways a beacon of security. Those who cared for him may remember most vividly a certain hug from Denny, a trademark playful—almost mischievous—Denny smile aimed at them or nearly anything from his giant heart. Denny’s presence was so solid and large in our lives and in our hearts that he transcended our own individualism. He gave us a sense of being lucky to be part of the great...
...with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Amid growing worldwide calls for him to do so when both were in New York City last week to address the U.N. General Assembly, Bush's National Security Adviser, Condoleezza Rice, explained the stonewalling. "You cannot help us with al-Qaeda," she said, "and hug [terrorist groups] Hizballah or Hamas." But the U.S. approach has others apopleptic. Even back in August, before Sept. 11 raised the stakes, de facto Saudi leader Crown Prince Abdullah sent a blunt message to Bush: "You've left us no choice but to take steps irrespective of what effects they...