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Hell of a game, it was. Those there—Dave Merchant among them—watched what should have been the fading embers of a modestly successful career blaze up one last, magnificent time like a funeral pyre, as Merchant, heart afire, delivered a barnburner for the ages to Lavietes Pavilion...
...feud between Economics Minister Herman Heinsbroek and Health Minister Eduard Bomhoff, both members of List Pim Fortuyn (LPF). When Balkenende, a Christian Democrat, failed to reconcile them, it was obvious that this cabinet was not going to survive. "The LPF is brilliant at carrying wood to its own funeral pyre," says the hapless Mat Herben, a former party leader who now takes up the post again. "Sometimes it even provides the matches." The government's burnout hardly came as a surprise, since from its inception it had been consumed by bickering within the LPF, its second-biggest member. With...
Back on the banks of the burning ghat, the funeral party prepares to light the pyre. The shroud has been pushed back from the corpse's face so he can look upon Rama, the sun. The eldest son circles the body once and sprinkles it with ghee, or clarified butter. Finally, hands trembling, he sets the dry wood alight, using live coals brought from his household's devotional fire. As the flames engulf the corpse, the adolescent turns away and covers his face with his hands...
...telecom industry, looks as broken as a coin phone in a bus station. And so, sadly, does the executive image of Ebbers, who was once the refreshing antithesis of New Economy slick. "I am not a technology dude," he has boasted. But he has slipped nonetheless onto the crowded pyre of '90s corporate excess. "I feel like crying," Ebbers told a Jackson TV station after his resignation last week. "But I am 1,000% convinced in my heart that this is a temporary thing...
...harsh, exasperated voice: ?Doesn?t anyone know what ?keep moving? means?? Now half of the block is open; the authorities must have decided to give the people what they want. A side ladder on a convenient dumpster (holds 12) allows access to a three-star view of the pyre. Two amiable cops pose for pictures with tourist group after tourist group. ?No, this way,? says one picture-taker, steering his subjects around so the death site is behind them. The cops oblige and smile. CLICK...