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...Africans. That is why Museveni invited himself this month to Kinshasa, capital of neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, which was Zaire until a few months ago. He was worried that Laurent Kabila, the rebel he helped to the country's presidency, was not making quick enough progress in restoring the ruined country. The meeting had all the ceremony of a summit, but it was really an opportunity for Museveni to give his friend some discreet but blunt advice. "They must start to move here," said Museveni afterward. "People expect to see things happening. Kabila wants to help his people...
...stance calculated to break a '60s father's heart. But Steve Lynn is sympathetic to his daughter's anomie. (Her mother, seven years separated from him, did not wish to be quoted in the same article with Steve.) "When we grew up, it was simple to rebel," he recalls. There were so many rules to be broken. When he wore jeans to a high school assembly in 1963, violating the dress code, "it was like burning the flag." He put on a tie-dyed shirt and was beaten up for it. His long hair got him pulled over...
WHAT HAPPENS Scottish rebel William Wallace, sentenced to death, is hanged, drawn and quartered...
...rebel flag is flying over Apple Computer, Inc., again, thanks to Jobs. The Silicon Valley visionary who co-founded Apple in his father's garage in 1976, who launched the wildly successful Macintosh only to be booted by the corporate pinheads in 1985, is back running his first love. No, he's not the CEO, nor even chairman of the board. But until there's a new boss, Jobs is firmly at Apple's helm, and take it from us, the beleaguered company will never be the same. Take it too from the 1,600 Macintosh believers who gave...
...Blowin' in the Wind (from a Graceland basement tape) shows he didn't quite get Dylan. Elvis was Vegas before he played Vegas--the ultimate lounge act. His movie and music producers, and the Colonel, called the shots in what should have been Elvis' prime. He didn't rebel; he did it their...