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Bikila's triumph was all the more stunning because it happened in the capital of Ethiopia's former military occupier. Legend has it that he made his decisive move in the race just as he passed the Axum Obelisk, a towering stela that Mussolini had brought back from Ethiopia as war loot. Four years later in Tokyo, Bikila won gold again, the first man to defend his Olympic marathon title. This time he wore shoes...
Ironically, the Amarnath cave has long been one of many symbols of Hindu-Muslim camaraderie. Legend has it that the cave was discovered by a Muslim shepherd, and Muslim vendors benefited from the religious tourism for years until 2000, when the cave was put under the authority of the government-run Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, the agency in charge of the shelters for pilgrims. Now, commentators see political opportunism at work across the political spectrum, not just the BJP. The move by the state's Congress government to allot 100 acres of forest land to the SASB, just months before...
...from being the pampered, disenfranchised creatures of media legend, Arab women are increasingly savvy about finance. Last year, a Barclays Wealth survey found that Arab women are the world's most confident about investing in funds, and the most secure in their knowledge of estate and retirement planning...
...SawYouAtSinai's most popular matchmaker - and there are 365 of them -is Tova Weinberg, a legend in the matchmaking world. Based out of Pittsburgh, Pa., Weinberg spends eight hours a day combing through SawYouAtSinai's database and claims she is responsible for 1,000 dates a week...
...That's a figure familiar for decades through Bob Hope and Steve Martin films, and in TV shows like Get Smart.) With a story assist from Reilly, Ferrell wrote the script with Adam McKay, a fellow alumnus of Saturday Night Live and director of two Will winners, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. The new movie also explores the comic notion of man-child that goes back to the silent era (Harry Langdon's basic character was that of a deranged baby) and early talkies (the Three Stooges). But today they...