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Saddam long ago learned how to keep power, no matter what the cost. It wasn't just ferocious ambition that drove him from shepherd to dictator by age 42. His Darwinian outlook took root among the clan machinations of his native Tikrit, during the years when Arab nationalism began to flower. Freud would have had a field day with Saddam's tortured relationships with his family, including, Post says, a suicidal mother who tried to abort him. Saddam's father died before he was born, and after his mother married a man who brutalized Saddam, the illiterate 10-year...
There's a changing of the guard in European family business. A new generation is taking charge of many of these dynasties--and of Europe's economy. Like Ernesto Bertarelli, many of the heirs are better educated and more international in their outlook than their parents were, and they are leading their firms in new directions. The Barillas of Italy have built a pasta plant in Ames, Iowa, and recently bought a German bread company. The Ottos of Germany (Eddie Bauer, Crate & Barrel) are investing heavily in e-commerce. France's Lagardere family is becoming an international media heavyweight...
...Miller’s conversion to a more conservative outlook has had little to do with what TV audiences might find acceptable. He’s made his most emphatic pro-Bush statements, in fact, during the past four or five months, well after the cancellation of his HBO show in August. Following the mid-term elections last November, he told Jay Leno that he wanted to “congratulate my President. I think he had a great day. I think George Bush is a good man.” Miller noted that the president...
...fresh outlook was all the Harvard men’s volleyball team needed for a new outcome...
...outlook is not so positive for the men’s team, as it totaled just 34 points, far behind the first-place Cornell?...