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During his brutal reign as Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein created around himself a legend of physical and political prowess. He demanded that his followers be willing to fight and die for him and acted as though he'd do the same for his country. So when he surrendered to U.S. soldiers without a shot from the pistol at his side, Arab diplomats and journalists say that the once admiring Arab masses were dismayed and embarrassed by his meekness. It suggested that legendary toughness was just that: legend...
...official military spokeswoman in Iraq claims no knowledge of the incident. "I think this is an urban legend," she says. But the full story is yet to be told. A U.S. intelligence official, meanwhile, casts doubt on another widely reported tale: that a U.S. soldier hailed the nemesis of two Commanders in Chief named George Bush by saying: "Regards from President Bush." This person says some officials suspect the story is "apocryphal...
...scholars for years. Though often believers themselves, these scriptural experts have challenged nearly everything in the Nativity story: the angels, the star, even the wise men. As recorded in the Gospel of Matthew, the only one to mention them, the Magi are not the familiar three kings of Christmas legend (later piety gave them names, ages, races and crowns), but rather an unspecified number of astrologers, perhaps from Babylon. Even in that guise, some critics suggest, their existence is questionable, possibly merely a preaching device used by the evangelist to suggest the import and universality of the astonishing event...
Shapiro's melding of sports and entertainment has people making comparisons with another sports legend. "He's like Roone Arledge," says veteran producer Bud Morgan, who has worked with Shapiro and the late ABC icon. "Only smarter." And like Arledge, Shapiro is not the lovable Lou Grant type. He is quick to praise, but he is brutally honest--this spring he started informal "town hall" meetings with staff groups, at which he said he would push aside nonperformers. His commercial instincts have also drawn fire. Actress Thea Andrews is featured as a flirty sports reporter on Playmakers...
...months before he died, so it’s not always the most coherent collection of songs, but that’s part of it’s beauty: the album has personality beyond being just a collection of good songs. It has the makings of legend attached to it. And the songs are a goldmine...