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...Ironically, Sharon's political decline has coincided with a political renaissance for the Palestinian leader he declared "irrelevant" and placed under virtual house arrest last December. By turning him into an embattled symbol of Palestinian national aspirations with Israeli tanks outside his front door and missiles being fired into his yard, Sharon appears to have done Arafat a huge political favor. Pollsters are finding Arafat more popular than he has been in months, and the fact that most of the current wave of Palestinian armed attacks are being carried out by militants of his own Fatah movement have, if anything...
...politically--relevant for 22 years. Yet as big a rock star as Bono is--and he has no rival--he has grown even larger over the past three years, molding himself into a shrewd, dedicated political advocate, transforming himself into the most secular of saints, becoming a worldwide symbol of rock-'n'-roll activism. Part poet, part pol, he has taken his cause--solving the financial and health crisis in Africa--and helped put it onto the agenda of the world's most powerful people...
...politically?relevant for 22 years. Yet as big a rock star as Bono is?and he has no rival?he has grown even larger over the past three years, molding himself into a shrewd, dedicated political advocate, transforming himself into the most secular of saints, becoming a worldwide symbol of rock-'n'-roll activism. Part poet, part pol, he has taken his cause?solving the financial and health crisis in Africa?and helped put it onto the agenda of the world's most powerful people...
...countrymen, but during the Afghan leader's recent visit to the West his fashion sense won him raves. Here's the lowdown on his layers: 1. Karakul cap: a nod to the people of northern Afghanistan. 2. Chapan: the silk robe is an aristocratic tradition. 3. Western jacket: a symbol of East-West unity. 4. Piran-tunban: a tunic-and-trousers combo worn by southern Afghans. 'With his dress,' says Akbar Ahmed, professor of Islamic studies at American University, Washington, D.C., 'he wants to revive the best of Afghan culture...
Seen on the necks of classy Harvard students this season: an unmistakable pattern, an arguably unattractive yet undeniable status symbol. Not a hickey from a winter romance, but a Burberry scarf...