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...ITALY For a Few Billion Lira More In this spaghetti western, Berlusconi goes toe-to-toe with Rutelli. Where's Clint Eastwood when you need him? FIJI The Indians in the Cupboard That's where George Speight and friends want them?but the voters may disagree. SINGAPORE The Truman Show II: Another Day in Paradise The population gets suspicious when klieg lights fall from the sky killing the entire opposition?but no one does a thing about...
...professorship is only one of many awards Steiner has received for his work, including Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships and the Truman Capote Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy and the recipient of France's Legion d'honneur...
...also consult generational differences. Whites of Byrd's generation might sometimes have said "n-----" in the past without any consciously malevolent intent. Land sakes, the word was just sort of casual, conversational, descriptive. Nothing ugly meant. It has often been noted that Harry Truman used the word, which was part of his native Missouri's culture, you might say. And Truman was the man who integrated the armed forces...
...Presidents do good works, make the occasional peacemaking mission, oversee the construction of a shrine for their White House relics. The biggest payoff of all as a former President transubstantiates from pol to statesman is seeing the traits that annoyed and enraged people while he was in office--Harry Truman's commonness, George Bush's blandness, Jimmy Carter's righteousness--come to be regarded as virtues. To be a successful ex-President, Bill Clinton must first find a way to let go of his presidency. Or, even harder, find a way to make...
Wahid's options are narrowing fast. On Thursday, while parliament was voting 393 to 4 to censure him, Wahid at first tried relaxing to a tape recording of U.S. President Harry Truman's biography. "He identifies with Truman," says one palace insider. "Truman said his support came from the silent majority." But in Indonesia, the silent majority doesn't count nearly as much as the military. So Wahid hastily summoned his Defense Minister, his security adviser and the chiefs of the armed services for a meeting at the palace. The President discussed various options for maintaining order, including declaring martial...