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Nobody's seen Mullah Omar lately, but the Taliban and their supporters have a new icon. Saifur Rahman Mansoor, the youthful commander of the Shahi Kot fortress, has emerged as something of a celebrity among anti-American elements in Afghanistan since his men downed a U.S. helicopter and killed seven American soldiers Monday...
...more "Oh No!" headlines. (I fear 10,000 "Oh Yes!" variations are being inked even now.) The better news is, justice was done and as fine a 19-year-old sportsman as the world knows was awarded his rightful prize. Apolo Anton Ohno, speed skater, dude, fun kid, icon, superstar of the highest water, was escorted to the top step of the podium thanks to a DQ, it is true. But if you were there in the arena - and even if you didn't understand short track - it was evident in the last lap: Ohno had the legs and smarts...
...reform throughout the '90s, it was he. But he almost immediately went off track, agreeing to supplementary budgets, endorsing costly bailouts and waffling on banking reform. Then, last month, he dumped his Foreign Minister, Makiko Tanaka, whose bellicose banter and tough stand against prickly bureaucrats made her a popular icon among Japanese housewives. (Her cakes sold even better than Koizumi's.) Within a week, his adoring fans turned on him, and his approval ratings plummeted...
...past, and as a memorial to his own image as he moves into heartfelt works regarding the process of death. The sheer magnitude of “Felix, June 5, 1994” elevates the image of the dead Felix Partz to “a public icon standing for all the people who we have lost and as a tribute to the army of their caregivers,” according to List curator Bill Arning. Brightly colored objects surround Partz in stark contrast to his lifeless, emaciated face, testifying to the harrowing disease of AIDS...
...Street showed why she was such an icon as soon as she finished her run. She was accommodating, and enthusiastic, and tried to please everybody. The U.S. has produced plenty of wonderful women's skiers and athletes, but few of them want to spend hours giving interviews and spending time in the bleachers. It is also unlikely that anyone relishes the attention more, and copes with it quite as well, as the Super G gold medallist from Nagano...