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...Central Command (CENTCOM) is one of the strangest organizations in the U.S. military. It has no troops to call its own, just responsibility for a huge arc of turf, from the Horn of Africa to Pakistan, that is home to some of the world's most dangerous neighborhoods. Franks' job--held in the past by such men as Norman Schwarzkopf and Anthony Zinni--is to meet and befriend the civilian leaders of each of the region's 25 countries in case the U.S. needs to drop in on short notice to clean things up. When that time comes, the general...
...mutters an assistant coach. The Englishman runs by, red faced and slightly out of breath. When a younger teammate passes him, Gazza cheers and slaps him a high five. His mouth is curved into a smile, but his eyes are not quite happy. Redemption, he knows, comes in the strangest of places. But in faraway China, Gazza seems so very lost...
...explain how we got here. By almost all accounts, this has been the strangest NFL season on record. Before the season, you could have made a lot of money - a LOT of money - by betting that the Rams would finish at 7-9. You would have been classified as clinically insane if you predicted that Tommy Maddox would be starting in the playoffs while Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady watched on TV. And forget about the odds of only one of the league's top-10 rushers (the Giants' Tiki Barber) advancing to the postseason...
China is known for antiquities, not for modern art. But cultural pursuits on the mainland are blossoming, and works by some of the region's finest?and strangest?artists are getting exposure in China following decades of repression. This month, travelers have a choice of major art exhibitions now taking place on the mainland. Here are reports from Guangzhou's Triennial modern arts festival (the southern city's first big go at the arts scene) and the more established Shanghai Biennale...