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Sistani proved his authority in August, when Najaf had sunk into chaos. As the fighting began, he abruptly quit the city to seek medical treatment abroad. The rumors started: Sistani was dying; Sistani was afraid; Sistani was losing influence to Muqtada al-Sadr, the brash young cleric whose militiamen were battling U.S. troops to a standstill. But on Aug. 26, as the Americans were on the verge of assaulting one of Iraq's most sacred Shi'ite shrines, Sistani showed he was still the Man. Straight from medical treatment for a heart condition in London, he was driven into Najaf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's Shadow Ruler | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

...public figures, it’s very funny. But that’s all that it is, and I’m not sure that my fellow students always realize it. In fact, Jon Stewart was recently on CNN’s Crossfire complaining that the news media had sunk to his level of analysis. Somehow, cynicism and kitsch have become much more palatable than logic. In that cultural background, it should be no surprise that students prize a one-line zinger above reason...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Abadoning Logic for One-Liners | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

Last month, the Harvard Lampoon presented their Wheelwright Award to the famous rhythm-and-blues singer James Brown for his “outstanding contributions to human life.” It seems the revered publication has sunk to a new low, by lauding, however facetiously, the so-called “contributions” of a man who faced and pleaded no contest to criminal charges of domestic violence just this past January.If Brown had assaulted a random woman on the street, society would brand him a dangerous man. Even the Lampoon would not honor someone seen...

Author: By Laura E. Openshaw, | Title: Breaking the Silence, Changing Culture | 10/14/2004 | See Source »

STRANGETOWN IS A CREEPY place. One of three virtual neighborhoods that players can explore in The Sims 2, Strangetown is set in a barren desert landscape strewn with the remains of a space ship that is sunk deep inside a crater. Its inhabitants are even weirder. Try as he may to fit in, there's no hiding that Mr. Smith is actually a Martian. And why is that nice-looking couple, the Beakers, performing scientific experiments on that poor fellow Nervous Subject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Weird and Wonderful | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

Though Penn sunk its Toreros putt with authority, the read that Princeton got was perfect...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Around the Ivy League | 9/24/2004 | See Source »

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