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...barely holding together. Its implacable problems, forgotten in the brief moment of triumph, are now front and center. Warlords are trying to carve up the country. Opium is once again the No. 1 crop. And scheming neighbors are attempting to put their own guys in power in Kabul. The strain on Karzai is evident during the several days that I spend with him. The promise of foreign aid helps keep the peace, as do the American bombing raids aimed at some of his enemies. But Karzai, in spite of his outward optimism, must surely wonder whether the long knives...
...happens that Kelly and Astaire sang in movies as much as they danced. Both men showed the strain of natural dancers trying to hit the high notes in a form that didn?t automatically suit them. But Gene?s smoky tenor voice was more assured than Fred?s wispy tenor was. So why isn?t Kelly cherished as a singer? (There?s just one CD of Kelly songs, to Astaire?s dozen or so.) It could be that most of Fred?s tunes were written for him, while most of Kelly?s were oldies; and the new songs that Betty...
...terrorism has put relations with Saudi Arabia under a critical spotlight, to the chagrin of the traditionally pro-U.S. royal family. But the alliance between the House of Saud and Washington was under strain long before September 11, because of mounting anti-American sentiment among many ordinary Saudis. And no single issue ignites their anger more than the perception that the U.S. has sided with Israel in a war against the Palestinians. The Saudis have privately chided the Bush administration's disengagement from an active peace-brokering role. They fear that the deteriorating situation in the West Bank...
Both look forward to the time when they can be friends without the strain that McCarthy’s disciplinarian role can put on the relationship. For the moment, though, they try not to take things too seriously, to ensure Green aces his AP Literature homework and to plan for their next Quincy House intramural basketball victory...
...September, Thai rice farmers marched on the U.S. embassy in Bangkok. Deren even received an e-mail that he says "felt threatening" from an organization urging protest against his research. (It included his home address and phone number.) American companies are already expressing interest in commercializing Deren's strain. And RiceTec sells its own brand, called Jasmati...