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...Israel and the U.S. on behalf of the whole region. The movement gained a kind of pan-Arab hero status in 2000, when Israel quit Lebanon and Hizballah was acclaimed as the only Arab army ever to have forced an Israeli retreat. It had become a role model and tutor to Palestinian radical groups such as Hamas, which sought to emulate not only Hizballah's art of combining welfare work, politics and military activities, but also its principle of using violence to extract concessions from Israel. In fact, the Hamas militants that seized Corporal Gilad Shalit at Kerem Shalom...
...Collins has more in mind than being a role model. The last celebrity scientist to suggest a middle path in the creation wars was Stephen Jay Gould, who argued that science and faith could coexist because they are "nonoverlapping" domains with no common ground on which to clash. Yet Collins insists on overlaying and intertwining them. He starts from a very Gouldian premise - "Science is the only reliable way to understand the natural world [but] is powerless to answer questions such as 'what is the meaning of human existence'" - but he tracks it to a different conclusion. "We need...
...frills subcompact that got 100 km on 3 L of gas. Volkswagen built 29,500 Lupo 3Ls and then last year yanked the car from the market. "It was too frugal," says Hartmut Hoffmann, a product spokesman for VW. "Customer interest faded." Other manufacturers have flirted with ultralight models, but few have dared bring them to market. In 1997, Ford announced plans for what it called the P2000, which promised to be 40% lighter than conventional family sedans. And in 2002, Opel, the European subsidiary of General Motors, unveiled the Eco-Speedster, a sleek, low-riding sports car that gets...
...Morales' hope is that Bolivia's new charter will serve as a model for the ascendant new left in Latin America, a chance to "redefine the rules of the game" in a region where the gap between rich and poor is the widest in the world. But the July 2 vote was also a reminder that even Morales' revolution is subject to checks and balances - and that changing the rules will require the age-old game of political horse trading...
...organization has turned out to be one of the big events of the Cairo social season, with hundreds of well-to-do Egyptians packed into a hotel ballroom resplendent with views of the River Nile, bouquets of red roses and platters of smoked salmon - and, of course, the beautiful models, including Miss Egypt 2006. "She looks so funky, I love it!" cries Heba Reda, one of the patrons, as a model whooshes past in a black and white pants suit, assessorized with a pair of high-heeled sandals and, oh yes, an Islamic veil, which covers every last strand...