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...crowd at the base of the enormous bloodred pyramid has been standing for hours in the dripping heat of the Guatemalan jungle. No one moves; every eye stays fixed on the building's summit, where the king, his head adorned with feathers, his scepter a two-headed crocodile, is about to emerge from a sacred chamber with instructions from his long-dead ancestors. The crowd sees nothing of his movements, but it knows the ritual: lifted into the next world by hallucinogenic drugs, the king will take an obsidian blade or the spine of a stingray, pierce his own penis...
...lobbying legislatures and backing local candidates. Now that Perot has built an army, it is itching to fight battles over such issues as taxes and legislative term limits. But Perot won't let them do so, leading disgruntled Perotistas to claim the group has become like a giant pyramid scheme, existing only for the purpose of growing larger. The dispute has produced a sharp discrepancy between Perot's self-image as a mere servant of the volunteers and his need to impose discipline on a movement fueled by independence. "I'm Ross, you're the boss," he tells his followers...
...part, Vasiljevic says, he looks back on his old life in Yugoslavia with few regrets. "I was on top of the pyramid there," he declares, "and I didn't want to be part of the pyramid anymore because I saw its purpose. It's not a war against Muslims. It's not a war against Croats. It's just a criminal war, a war of corruption." On that point at least, much of the rest of the world could agree...
...pyramid are 324 millionaire professionals, whose big, fast, durable bodies do wonders. "Best athletes in the world," harrumphs Boston's legendary coach Red Auerbach. On the second tier, March Madness is the distillation of nearly 30,000 college men and women. And below them lie the foundation of the culture, nearly a million high school players of both sexes (from 16,500 schools) who even now are contesting one another for state titles. And still there are more players in church leagues, the Ys and public playgrounds...
...gone from four food groups to five food groups," Sonnenberg says. "The design of the pyramid is that the foundation of the food groups, bread, fruit, and vegetable is where you should focus your diet...