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...WHAT'S TINA GOT TO DO WITH IT? Filmmakers Ismail Merchant and James Ivory have set many of their films in India. But the duo's The Goddess, still in preproduction, has Hindus up in arms over Tina Turner's being cast in the title role as the goddess Shakti: the singer's sex appeal is "improper" for the divinity, according to one anti-Tina petition...
...Shiite clerical order in Iraq in the way that Ayatollah Khomeini did in Iran 25 years ago, by creating an alternative center of clerical power outside of the seminary, in the kingdom of politics. One crucial difference, of course, is that Khomeini's revolution had the support of the merchant middle class, whereas in Iraq they're in opposition to the rabblerouser Moqtada. But the emotional tide generated by the Najaf standoff threatens a sea-change, which may be why Sistani is attempting to channel it behind his own leadership by calling a march on the shrine city...
...created the world in six days. How can we expect Allawi to improve things in one?" ADIL JABBAR, Baghdad merchant, commenting on high expectations in Iraq for its new Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi...
...direction from where you want to go. New Yorkers believe an almost-sort-of-affordable city is a civil right, and anyone who threatens that right deserves to be screamed at and tipped really poorly. Londoners believe a city is a noble and costly test of endurance - like a Merchant-Ivory film. Show them a studio flat an hour from the city center and they silently fork over their savings. Charge them ?8 for a restaurant sandwich or ?60 for a cab to the airport and they say, "Cheers!" But use just a little trumped-up evidence to get them...
...team also boasts wins at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, the New England Sloop Championships and the 69th Boston Dinghy Cup, a few names in an imposing row of top finishes this year. Harvard also captured the prestigious 55th Fowle Trophy in winning the New England Team Racing Championships...