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...sign of a quiet revolution under way in Jordan. The new King, who ascended the throne after his father's death last year, is intent on doing the nation's business in unusual ways. Hence the getups. Ten times in disguise--ranging from a TV reporter to a sick patient--but also frequently without it, the King has plunged into his domain on snap inspection missions. What he discovers--civil servants drinking tea, gossiping and knocking off early as they give their countrymen endless runarounds--has him axing useless officials and groaning about the bloated bureaucracy when he gets home...
...nearly 30 years that followed, Levin rose to become one of the most powerful men in media, just as Case has rocketed to a similar throne in cyberspace. Their union last week was cemented by a number trailed by so many zeros that it was easy to miss the fact that more than anything, this was a marriage of two protogeeks. Case, who began his romance with computers by building his own Kaypro PC, and Levin, whose love of media began when he was tucked in bed as a child, snug as a bug, he recalls, listening...
...rare coups by the College of Cardinals during pagan rule, the confusion of the Dark Ages, Byzantine meddling, populist revolutions or chronic political impotence. But what would happen if one of the most significant successors of St. Peter in the past 100 years were to give up his throne...
...absence of policies, a well-honed p.r. campaign by aides, directed at journalists and visiting Western officials, has created the impression of a cool, crisp and ambitious young leader. Skeptical observers saluted his behind-the-throne power with the nickname "Ras-Putin." He has put the word out that he will be an economic reformer, a promise that impresses U.S. officials more than their West European counterparts. Yet a few weeks ago, his economic think tank was still saying that its program would not be ready until the middle of the year 2000. His track record as Prime Minister suggests...
RECOVERING. CROWN PRINCESS MASAKO, 36, of Japan's imperial family; following surgery after a miscarriage; in Tokyo. The announcement last month of the Princess's pregnancy, which could have resulted in the first direct heir to the throne since 1965, inspired a national media frenzy...