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They gather in remote valleys and mountain strongholds, and only a handful of initiates are permitted to know their mystic rites or to read their "Six Books of Wisdom." Their faith is a baffling hybrid of Greek philosophy and Muslim mysticism; they revere Jesus, Moses and Muhammad equally. Though their sect is technically an offshoot of the Isma'ili Muslim sect, it shares ideas with Chinese and Indian religions. Such are the shadowy outlines of the mysterious Druze, a self-enclosed feudal group famous for its autonomy and military prowess...
Despite or perhaps because of the presence of such pairings, these two pay-cable productions fall somewhere between theatrical and made-for-TV movies in style and quality. The question is whether the stars are diminished by this hybrid form or raise the level of it. A little of both. -By Richard Stengel
Politically, Brunei will remain an unlikely hybrid, half absolute monarchy and half welfare state. In 1962, when the country's first elections were held, a group of militant nationalists, calling themselves the Brunei People's Party, swept 97% of all seats, only to be prevented from taking office. When, four months later, the leftists mounted an armed rebellion, thousands of them were thrown, often without trial, into jail. Some still linger there...
Japanese strides in agriculture. One example: new hybrid varieties of rice that grow so fast they can produce two crops annually in colder climes...
...ANYTHING can be termed the "next big thing" in 1983, it must be Black rap music, or funk, or whatever the cognoscente now choose to call it Clearly rap is the most original hybrid of Black music to emerge out of the inner city in many years, and probably the most interesting pop happening nowadays in the U.S. and England...