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...picture of a genial Tom Cruise hangs above the door to the King beauty parlor in downtown Basra. For more than a decade, Sameer Abdalhadi has been snipping and shaving in the cramped salon with its display case of Dr. James Freckle and Acne Soap and Muscular Man perfume. On this February afternoon, he gives street vendor Mustafa Abdalsada a modish haircut and shaves his beard, leaving just a hint of designer stubble. Local men cultivate beards or luxuriant mustaches of the kind that make even despots look avuncular, but Abdalhadi encourages his clients to try something new. The barber...
...period since the 1980s, when it nearly went bankrupt. "Clearly it's a challenging environment, and we're doing all the right things in this environment to position our premium brand in this marketplace to make sure we're even stronger when we're out of this cycle," says Tom Bergmann, Harley-Davidson's chief financial officer...
...Nothing could be closer to the truth. In true foodie form, each of us proceeded to order one of the various shabus. Playing it safe, I opted for a mixed tofu platter and miso broth. Options include the classic chicken or beef stock, and, in a gesture towards Vietnam, tom yum. Something about having to monitor simmering raw chicken tenders gave me the willies. An inordinate number of minutes later, our waiter returned to our hot pink booth with the pots, and we began to dunk away. At this moment in most restaurants reviews, the reviewer usually waxes poetic...
...That means that this latest controversy isn't likely to go away any time soon, and that Illinois' elected representatives will once again be distracted from the pressing business of running the state. "You think it's all over, then we're dumbfounded," said Republican House Leader Tom Cross. "I almost thought we had hit rock bottom with the last two governors, almost like an alcoholic or some other addict hits bottom before gathering himself together to get better, get some discipline and climb out of it. Maybe, hopefully, we've hit it now." After the last couple of days...
That's the idea behind the Administration's climate czar, Carol Browner; its yet-to-be-named health-care czar (formerly Tom Daschle, before he crashed and burned); the contemplated urban-affairs czar; rumored soon-to-be-named drug czar Gil Kerlikowske; and other wonder-working bureaucratic potentates...