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...Palestinian officials have also been discussing ways of easing the humanitarian suffering that results from Israel's closure of the West Bank's cities. But even such meager progress on the diplomatic front will likely be frozen now as the region braces for a new wave of Palestinian rage. And moderates looking to revive peace efforts and demilitarize Palestinian politics are likely to find themselves drowned out by the hard men in the battle for Palestinian public opinion...
...That won't help the Bush administration shore up support for its main concern, going after Saddam Hussein. Images televised around the Arab world of Palestinian children killed by an Israeli missile are likely to spark new rage on the streets of Arab world that will be directed against both Israel and the U.S., at a time when Bush is trying to get all Arab allies on board for an invasion of Iraq. When Vice President Cheney courted Arab support last April, he found U.S. allies in the region uniformly warning that they could not be seen backing Washington...
...also unites India and Pakistan. These movies (with a high percentage of Muslim stars and writing talent) are loved in both the rival nations. Bollywood is the rage throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the huge worldwide diaspora of NRIS (nonresident Indians). The NRIS have made it a $100 million industry in the U.S., from DVD sales and rentals, pay TV, live shows like the Bollywood Awards, and big-screen exhibition; 14 of the 24 largest U.S. urban areas have at least one theater showing Indian movies...
...rage today is shifting money from stocks into home improvements and second homes. But it's unlikely that residential real estate, which has appreciated sharply of late, will beat stocks over the next decade. Don't overlook foreign stocks, which offer diversification and an added kick from the falling dollar. Consider First Eagle SoGen Overseas. And high-yield bonds, now priced for disaster, should beat stocks over the next few years, in funds such as Regions Morgan Keegan...
...mumbler; he spat his lines with acid precision. He often played tyrants--Napoleon, Al Capone, Mussolini (twice)--but his presence was grander: he suggested the Old Testament God, annoyed at the world's slow wit. Even as The Pawnbroker's death-camp survivor, he went for earned rage, not martyrdom. Steiger won a Best Actor Oscar for In the Heat of the Night, which showed a warming trend. But his legacy is one of fire within ice. In any scene he entered, he lowered the temperature and raised the stakes. --By Richard Corliss