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...denies he has presidential ambitions, and his father has publicly scoffed at the notion of a hereditary succession in Egypt. More pertinent, Gamal lacks the backing of the military, which may prefer Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's loyal Defense Minister. Mubarak himself has lately thrust intelligence chief General Omar Suleiman into the limelight by giving him the task of negotiating an Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire. Although Suleiman keeps a low profile, he has the distinct advantage of having earned the President's gratitude: in 1995 he insisted that Mubarak ride in an armored car while in Addis Ababa...
...policy post in the ruling party, but denies he has presidential ambitions; his father has publicly scoffed at the notion of a hereditary succession. More pertinent, Gamal lacks the backing of the military, which may prefer Field Marshall Mohamed Tantawi, Mubarak's loyal Defense Minister. Mubarak himself has lately thrust intelligence chief General Omar Suleiman into the limelight by giving him the task of negotiating an Israei-Palestinian cease-fire. Mubarak completed his speech after a 45-min. break. A squash player, the President is in relatively good health. But many Egyptians doubtless hope that, to prevent future chaos...
...press a button and in 12 seconds flat its wheels tuck gracefully under its body, and you're boating, not driving. The Gibbs Aquada can do 100 m.p.h. on land and a cool 30 m.p.h. afloat, powered by a proprietary jet-propulsion system that generates nearly a ton of thrust. If you're not superspy material, don't worry: the Aquada comes with special sensors that keep it from accidentally transforming itself at embarrassing moments--say, when you're cruising along on dry land. INVENTOR Gibbs Aquada AVAILABILITY Now, about $250,000 TO LEARN MORE aquada.co.uk...
...four receivers—juniors Rodney Byrnes and James Harvey—fell victim to injury in the first quarter. Suddenly, senior Adam Gordon and sophomore Corey Waller—until that moment not even listed on the depth-charts at wide receiver—were thrust into the game to cover for their two injured teammates...
...clothing: that old standby of social catagorization. When all else fails, when we are thrust into a room (or college) full of strangers, we can always gravitate to the people whose outfits seem more familiar than their wearers. From this we can start a conversation, be it with the “I have that sweater in green” approach, or the more casual, perhaps slightly confrontational (for the males among us, to avoid looking foppish) “You saw [favorite band] at [local venue] last year? [Expletive...