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...Palestinians is not unlike the tendency among administration spinmeisters to paint its troubles in Iraq as the work of the demonic Zarqawi. In either case, it's far from that simple. Suffice to say that in the case of Arafat, the idea that those waiting in the wings to succeed the aging and increasingly unpopular leader are not likely to be any more inclined to accept Sharon's terms than is Arafat...
...books about American foreign policy and culture and serves as chairman of the Harvard Academy of International and Area Studies, wrote an article in the March issue of Foreign Policy called “Jose, Can You See?” In it he was skeptical that Mexicans would succeed in the same way earlier immigrant groups had. “There is no Americano dream,” he wrote in the article. “There is only the American dream created by an Anglo-Protestant society. Mexican-Americans will share in that dream and in that society...
...order to stay in touch with more than 400 people on five continents in a meaningful way, one has to have a certain natural exuberance. "An uptight guy would not succeed at this job," says Pistons president Joe Dumars. "Tony will try every single food and drink. He'll smile. He'll laugh. He's easy to like." Ronzone was born bubbly, though he didn't take his act abroad until his college basketball career at Long Beach State ended, in 1988. At 6 ft. 2 in., he was too short to be an NBA prospect, so Ronzone played...
...ANNOUNCED THAT CONAN O'BRIEN will succeed Jay Leno as Tonight Show host ... in 2009. The lengthy advance notice was seen as a way of keeping Late Night host O'Brien from jumping to a new network when his contract expires next year. Five years is a long time to wait for a promotion. But Conan can take heart from these other heirs- long-in-waiting. --By Carolina A. Miranda...
SAFELY ANCHORED NBC has groomed Brian Williams, right, to succeed Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw for 11 years. He got the official nod in 2002 but still had more than two years to wait; he takes over...