Word: soldierism
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...alone as a folk hero to his people. The teetotaling vegetarian is conniving, disarming, engaging, and quick with such perfect sound bites as the fact that his favorite cartoon is Tom and Jerry, since the mouse so often wins. He is a master of symbolism: never much of a soldier, he chose a fighting man's khakis and holster for his daily costume. His checkered kaffiyeh provides instant recognizability in a crowd -- a risk, perhaps, to one who lives in the cross hairs, but a shrewd asset when it comes to maintaining his mythic
After what might have been the worst week of his Presidency, in which a key adviser was indicted, his Supreme Court nominee withdrew under fire from conservatives and the 2,000th U.S. soldier died in Iraq, George W. Bush is looking to move forward on a number of key issues. The President got an early start on righting things with Republicans by announcing this morning that federal appeals court judge Samuel Alito is the new nominee to replace Sandra Day O?Connor...
...begonia named after the Dear Leader (the Kimjongilia) and a purple orchid named after his father (the Kimilsungia), North Korean visitors gush about the joy of living in a workers' paradise. "Thanks to the wise guidance of the great leader, life has improved so much," a soldier assures us. That may be true for members of the privileged ? lite, of whom we catch glimpses as they are ferried around town in Mercedeses with tinted windows. But how long will everyone else be willing to put up with rice rations and stale elevator music...
...find that he comes back much more focused and more determined than ever to fulfill his agenda." Abdul Razak Baginda, who heads a pro-administration think tank, the Malaysian Strategic Research Center, observes: "He may even be stronger. After all, he promised his wife that he would soldier on and leave behind an enduring political legacy...
Researchers at the Army's Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass., would like to ease that load by turning soldiers into walking power plants. Iowa Thin Film Technologies began supplying the Army last year with pocket-size solar rechargers (weight 6 oz.) and tents embedded with flexible, plastic panels that can generate electricity. Soldiers field-testing the tents use them both for shelter and to operate medical or communications equipment. Another solar company, Konarka of Lowell, Mass., has also received a military grant and hopes to do away with solar panels altogether. The firm is developing light-sensitive fabrics that...