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...sense of humor is fatal in politics,” David R. Slavitt says dryly, in his usual cynical tone. This November, he’d like to prove that maxim wrong...
Bounding right between the Crimson Dance Team and the palisades of cheerleaders’ pom-poms on either side—a rare feeling for this last season, to say the least—the team was reminded of a fundamental maxim: When these two schools meet, pretty much anything can happen...
...JONES--CORBIS OUTLINE; KAUFMAN: SEAN GALLUP--GETTY IMAGES; MANDELA: PETER TURNLEY--CORBIS; BUSH: BROOKS KRAFT; ANNAN: WILLIAM COUPON--CORBIS OUTLINE; NAKATA: PHILIPP HOHNDORF--STARFACE/RETNA; SISTANI: HO; ABIZAID: AFP--GETTY IMAGES; ADRIA: RAPHO; OPRAH: FRAZER HARRISON--GETTY IMAGES; BURNETT: STEPHEN CHERNIN--GETTY IMAGES; EBADI: BEHROUZ MEHRI--AFP/GETTY IMAGES; PUTIN: MAXIM MARMUR--AFP/GETTY IMAGES; GOOGLE GUYS: FERGUS GREER--ICON INT.; WOODS: STEPHEN DUNN--GETTY IMAGES, STRONACH: ED GAJDEL; SCHWARZENEGGER: SAM JONES--CORBIS OUTLINE...
...Chinese maxim: Women bring disaster. But one of China's most beloved politicians today is its female Vice Premier and Health Minister. In a nation ruled by men who often seem disconnected from their 1.3 billion subjects, Wu has made it her job to care about people. Some peasants believe she is a reincarnation of the Buddhist goddess of mercy, Kwanyin...
...apparently set on withdrawing from Iraq, it will not bolt from the antiterrorism coalition. But the terrorists don't accept that distinction. For them, the key battlefield is Iraq. The thrust of their strategy is to break up the U.S.-led coalition. They live by a simple maxim: "The worse, the better...