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It’s of the utmost importance that we celebrate our heritage, but of equal importance is proper perspective. Frito-Lay and Coca-Cola, so intent on feeding the niche market that is tired of seeing grown men kissing and ripping their chest hair out, have failed to keep that in mind...
Getting to know Menomena can take time. The emerging Portland, Ore. trio’s name is playfully enigmatic, like an inside joke to which you’re not privy. A Muppets allusion, perhaps? The music doesn’t make the band’s intent much clearer. Their third release, “Friend and Foe,” opens with the richly layered “Muscle ’n Flo.” Its dynamic rhythm and slide guitar give way first to a shifting piano melody and then again to an organ surging...
...Thaksin seems in a blithe mood these days. Though overthrown in Thailand's first coup in 15 years, he is intent on showing the world that he's enjoying exile. He has reacquainted himself with the pleasures of golf-at least until conditions in Beijing, where he spends much of his time, got so icy his bodyguard couldn't put the tee into the ground. Acknowledging that his suit was hanging a little loose over his frame, Thaksin explains: "I've lost weight because I have time to do yoga, not because I feel grievances. I'm very relaxed." Indeed...
...larger dilemma for Rice. For all her ambition, she is caught in a second-term Administration whose political capital is dwindling. A rise in the body count in Iraq or more overt provocations toward Iran could bring the White House into open confrontation with a hostile Congress intent on restraining Bush's range of movement. And Rice's decision to redouble her efforts in the Middle East means she will be less able to attend to other issues on which U.S. leadership could produce success--such as stopping genocide in Africa or fighting poverty in the developing world or tackling...
...nuclear program and even offer to talk directly to Tehran if it stopped enriching uranium. But she also supports the military's recent moves to beef up a presence in the Persian Gulf and target Iranian interests in Iraq. Although both Bush and Rice deny they have any hostile intent, there is anxiety in some foreign-policy circles that even as it struggles to avoid losing one war in Iraq, the Administration may provoke another one across the border in Iran...