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Seshan's ability to enforce reforms is in no small measure the result of his personal probity -- and his ego. "Nobody can tempt or terrorize me," he says. "I am unbelievably fearless. I also live a life of extraordinary simplicity. I don't want anything from anybody." A strict vegetarian who does not smoke or drink, Seshan brought back nothing other than a $1.25 yo-yo after a month's visit to the U.S. three years ago. Says Jaipal Reddy, a federal legislator of the opposition Janata Dal party: "He is a bully, but his financial integrity is unquestionable...
...that irrepressible pride that has given the chief of the fallen angels such power to tempt humankind. If humankind was created just a little lower than the angels, what are we to make of an angel who has failed? Is he then not just like us -- yet immortally so? For poets like Milton, Satan was the archetypal antihero, the rebel waging eternal guerrilla warfare against his Creator. "To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n." Indeed, to some, Satan even provides lessons in piety. The Sufis, the mystics of Islam...
There is also the copycat factor. Blundering though they were, the World Trade Center bombers still hit what for terrorists is the jackpot: headlines. Big, bold, worldwide headlines, which might well tempt other groups to think they could achieve the same results, call attention to their cause -- and, if they operated with a modicum more intelligence than those bombers, even escape uncaught...
...respect international borders if Albania gives sanctuary to Kosovar fighters. Macedonia, now led by moderates in a delicate coalition that seeks full recognition of its own independence despite bitter Greek opposition, could feel compelled to intervene on behalf of the Kosovars lest their own Albanians secede. Either outcome could tempt the Greeks to intervene militarily. They are already destabilizing the Macedonian government by choking off its oil imports, idling tractors and trucks during the crucial harvest period and leaving grapes and apples...
Bars such as the Crimson Sports Grille and the Bow and Arrow Club are offering students drink specials. Watering holes like the Spaghetti Club and the Black Rose tempt students with free food...