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...have to ditch some of his most trusted aides accused of corruption and mismanaging the Palestinian cause. Those who voted against Arafat include a wide range of groupings within Fatah, each with its own agenda. But their open challenge to their leader - unthinkable even a year ago - was the surest sign yet of his waning political authority. It's no longer a question of whether Arafat can restrain Hamas and other radicals; he's no longer able to bend even his own organization to his will. And while they'll rally behind their leader in his hour of need, they...
...being dead after killing you? Irrationality holds a treasured place in game theory, the branch of economics dedicated to strategic questions of this sort. Game theory's great insight is that irrationality can be an asset. If you can convince the world that you're nuts--and the surest way to do that is to be nuts--your behavior becomes impossible to predict or control. You become, in a way, invulnerable...
...these days, how does one best prepare for life after work? Saving more earlier is the surest strategy. Nearly half of all households did not save a penny last year; revolving consumer debt over the past five years has soared 30%. The median savings for boomers at age 55 are just $25,000--without accounting for debt. Yet many polls show that people in their 40s still expect to retire in their early 60s. And some 70% of Americans believe they will live well in retirement, even though just a third have attempted to calculate how much they should...
...Harvard baseball team: They were gritty and resourceful, they were champions and, in the end, they were disappointed. That may be the surest sign of just how far they came...
...picture looks like Shaquille O'Neal standing three feet from the basket. Though it faces sticky competition from Spider-Man two weeks before--and, in weeks to come, from Men in Black II, Austin Powers in Goldmember and Steven Spielberg's Minority Report with Tom Cruise--Clones is the surest bet of the summer. Just in terms of mass appeal, the movie extends the franchise's target audience from 12-year-old boys (the action stuff) to 15-year-old girls (the smoochy scenes). If it works, Lucas has the Star Wars and Titanic markets in one package...