Word: lashings
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...battle similar to those between rappers. "When creativity expresses itself in an immature way, it can often be destructive," says Randy David, a sociology professor at the University of the Philippines. That's especially true, he points out, in a class-ridden country where hackers have the chance to lash out at powerful institutions they consider repressive. "In cyberspace it doesn't matter if you're a Roxas, a Lopez or a Zobel," he says, ticking off the Philippines' leading families. "No one knows your identity. You can't begin to imagine the impact this has on a hierarchical society...
Especially hot are extensions, in which a dozen or so individual hairs are glued onto the lash line and worn for a few weeks. "The effect is very subtle," says makeup artist Laura Mercier, who spruced up Sarah Jessica Parker for the Golden Globe Awards. "It's not like putting on a strip of fake eyelashes the way people did in the '70s." Celebrities such as Naomi Campbell and Molly Shannon are flocking to Manhattan's J. Sisters International, where a 45-minute procedure--which the salon says is imported from the beach glamour of Brazil--costs $55. Demand...
...Israeli conflict is an independence struggle between a stateless people and a vastly superior occupying army--not unlike the conflict between Tibet and China. Palestinians are frustrated because they are too weak to win back their freedom. Yet for the most part Americans don't understand why the Palestinians lash out at the Israelis. The reason that Americans don't understand is that they see the Palestinians as part of a hostile mob of Arabs that vastly outnumbers the Israelis. This gives them a distorted picture of who has the power in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict (which we sometimes call...
...naive. His aides even joke about his world view, calling it "Star Trek Planet," after the show on which Russians and Scots worked merrily on dilithium-crystal drives as their ship shot through space at warp speed. That world is as remote as transporter beams. Annan's critics also lash him for his willingness to "do business" with anyone. When he returned from negotiations in Baghdad in 1998 and mildly said he had "a good human rapport" with Saddam Hussein, the White House shrieked. Others said he sounded like Neville Chamberlain praising Hitler. Annan's very decency, some believe, stands...
...Call every Representative on the fence; hint at a private pork roast B. Call a bipartisan commission to study the issues further C. Play golf; try to look good; lash out at do-nothing Congress...