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...Cape Town. Born in Kazakhstan, Tretchikoff fled to Manchuria with his family after the Russian Revolution and traveled widely in Asia, settling in South Africa in 1946. While critics blasted his colorful paintings of exotic beauties, fans lined up to buy his cheap reproductions, prompting the painter to remark that the main difference between himself and Van Gogh was that he was rich...
...will be calling, and I have to have an answer." When Representative Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, phoned Townsend earlier this year to complain that the Coast Guard was dragging its feet on sending him an officer as a temporary adviser, she "made some profane remark," he says, "and the next thing I knew the red tape was cut and the guy was sitting in our committee offices." With Bush, "Fran says exactly what's on her mind," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told TIME. "I've heard her say many times in meetings...
Some of Bush's friends were mystified by his remark last week and concluded that it must be a phrase he picked up in a briefing. "It's pollster talk," said one person who speaks often to the President. A senior Administration official said the President was simply saying he recognizes that the protracted war on terrorism inevitably takes a toll on the public. "He wasn't saying there's some kind of crisis of confidence," the official said. "Just the opposite: he believes Americans have the ability to sustain a long struggle." But Bush's comment reflected the increased...
TOUCH THE MONKEY George Allen's "macaca" remark continues to plague the Virginia Senator, who delivers multiple apologies--including one from the hitherto unplumbed "deepest part of my heart." But it isn't until 10 days after the event that Allen finally apologizes directly to the alleged macaca, S.R. Sidarth. "He didn't realize how offended I was until he heard my comments from the media," says Sidarth. The Allen campaign has spent almost two weeks trying to convince voters that Allen isn't racist, just clueless. They may be right...
...Waving aside the offer of American-made "bunker-busters" is only one example of Halutz's famous hubris. In a remark that will surely haunt him during the inevitable rash of post-war inquiries, Halutz said on July 14th, "In this day and age, with all the technology we have, there is no reason to start sending ground troops in." A month later, he was ready to order in thousands of troops as the only way to defeat Hizballlah. Granted, Haltuz made the comment after his air force managed to destroy most of Hizballah's arsenal of long-range missiles...