Word: rebirths
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...last question when he took the Chagall painting—which had once belonged to his beloved mother. Behind the story of the stolen Chagall painting lies the story of Ben’s family, of Soviet Russia, of Jewish folklore, and, finally, of death, birth and rebirth...
...leaves his compound, although he says he recently slipped out of the palace in an unmarked car to press the flesh in Kabul. For all his ebullience, he can't help sounding weary from having to shoulder so much of the responsibility, and the blame, for Afghanistan's turbulent rebirth. "Our expectations were too high. My own expectations were too high," he says. "We came, we thought the neighbors were going to be good with us, that terrorism was gone, that everybody was cooperating, that the little politics around the region were no longer there to sabotage the process." Karzai...
...even though many sports fans around the country seem skeptical about the Cardinals' imminent rebirth--some wonder whether the defense will hold up--Alandar has a much sunnier outlook. "They were always on the verge of being a good team. This year I think they'll make the play-offs." Maybe Edge was right about those Cardinals fans: they really do want...
...nasty and corrupt as his predecessor, was shot dead by one of his bodyguards in 2001. His son Joseph, 29, assumed power. One year later, after some arm twisting by continental power South Africa (whose leaders recognize the crucial role Congo could play in their plan for an African rebirth), the young leader and most of the rebel groups and foreign forces in the country signed a peace deal. A national army was formed, aimed at integrating soldiers who had previously been trying to kill one another. And the Congolese people, who maintain a sense of spirit and beauty despite...
...dozen books over 75 years, culminating with last year's The Wild Braid, an homage to his lifelong passion of gardening. The longtime Columbia University professor hammered out dense, restrained gems on a manual typewriter, tackling both the personal (his father's suicide) and the universal (life, death, rebirth). "The deepest thing I know is that I am living and dying at once," he said, "and my conviction is to report that self-dialogue...