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...incorporated the names into their half-time set at the Super Bowl (projecting them during the songs MLK and Where the Streets Have No Name). It was not a political statement, just an emotional one. By design, it said nothing in particular and yet somehow conveyed something profound. It was exactly the kind of soaring, impossible moment Bono believes U2 exists to achieve. Wandering around New Orleans after the game, Bono relived each of the set's 11 minutes in something close to real time. "I hope it played well on television, because it felt--ah!--it felt just amazing...
...seem somewhat unlikely that a dinner conversation between a Saudi prince and a New York Times columnist could have such profound diplomatic consequences. (Abdullah's offer first came to light in conversation with the Times' Thomas Friedman.) Ariel Sharon was cajoled by the positive reaction of much of the Israeli political establishment - and, perhaps more importantly, by the same from the Bush administration - to take the offer seriously. EU security chief Javier Solana flew to Riyadh to discuss ways of promoting the initiative. And renewed talk of peace deals even appears to have sparked a mud fight between the Bush...
...Qaida, and won't appreciate the distinction being drawn by the Georgians between the small al-Qaida element they intend to pursue and the bulk of the Chechen fighters who will, presumably, be left unmolested unless they challenge Georgian authorities. But Moscow's chagrin is ultimately fueled by the profound strategic consequences of the arrival of U.S. forces in what has traditionally been Russia's backyard...
...growing disparity between U.S. and European capabilities has profound implications. NATO has always grappled with the issue of "interoperability" - whether U.S. tanks, for example, can fire Belgian ammo. Such problems can only grow as the U.S. services deploy high-tech "next-generation" weapons and adapt their war-fighting doctrines accordingly. As Europe's capabilities atrophy, dependence on America to do the dirty work will deepen. But dependence breeds resentment on both sides, and already in Europe voices can be heard decrying America's go-it-alone interventionism. Across the Atlantic the notion of a feckless Europe unable and unwilling...
...towards death and immortality follows a well-established literary precedent. And this tradition, considered collectively, can help illuminate the elemental cloudiness necessarily pervading any attempt to come to grips with the meaning of someone like Aaliyahâs early demise. On the surface, there is palpable horror and profound sadness at any death of a young person with so much potential. Sometimes, though, if we are honest with ourselves, we may have the fortitude to resist the seemingly inevitable inertia ushering us towards unqualified despair. A.E. Housman found such a vision in his timeless...