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...Unleash a tiger in your house with the Princess Turbo Tiger!” Yet another infomercial featuring the redoubtable Billy Mays. Billy sings the praises of a little golden vacuum, whose suction power is such that it can pick up bowling balls and 40-pound tables. “The Turbo Tiger, big or small, it’ll do it all.” Cleaning up the popcorn on your common room floor is a cinch with this little tiger—call...
...military have been scornful about the potential of the diverse and fractious Iraqi opposition to mount a military challenge to the regime. Retired Marine General Anthony Zinni was even more upfront in his parting testimony on Capitol Hill, warning that overthrowing Saddam would create a dangerous power vacuum. Remember, before 1991, the U.S. had seen Saddam as a strategic counterweight to Iran, and the fact that the majority of Iraq's population is either Shiite Muslim or Kurdish had raised concerns that bringing down the regime could presage a breakup of the country that would destabilize the region...
...misunderstandings can hit the bottom line. In 1997--at risk of a worldwide boycott by Muslims--Nike recalled 38,000 pairs of its "Bakin" basketball shoes because the logo resembled the word Allah in Arabic. And it's not just English speakers who miscommunicate. If Electrolux made shoddy vacuum cleaners, it wouldn't be one of the world's most successful home-appliance makers. But the Swedish company first entered the English-speaking market with this boast: "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux...
That's true. In little more than a year on the air, Barkley has emerged as the most entertaining talking head in sports broadcasting, displaying not just a distilled knowledge of the game but great television instincts too. Recognizing that TV abhors a vacuum, he keeps his mouth running constantly. What comes out is a mix of Yogi Berra neologisms and Winston Churchill drollery that has transformed the sports- highlights show into something accessible to both diehard hoop fans and the jock laity...
AFGHANISTAN Rush to Create Post-Taliban Government Opposition groups, diplomats and aid agencies scrambled to fill the political vacuum left in Kabul and other key Afghan cities abandoned by Taliban fighters under the twin onslaught of U.S. bombing and Northern Alliance advances. But there were ominous signs that warlords were reclaiming their traditional fiefdoms, threatening the country with fragmentation. Air strikes against al-Qaeda targets continued past the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as Taliban leaders remained defiant, and U.S. ground troops clashed for the first time with Taliban soldiers in the south. As British forces secured...