Word: warriorism
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...PROFILES FROM BOSNIA 95-96 By Joe Sacco Before SAFE AREA GORAZDE and THE FIXER, author Sacco created two short stories of the characters from each side of the Balkan crossfire: Soba - the artist warrior and Karadzic, the evil war criminal. (June) See TIME.comix's review of THE FIXER
Mullah Mujahed, a veteran Taliban commander who has taken four bullets in his career as an Islamic warrior, is in a surprisingly good mood for a guy sharing a Kabul jail cell with a hungry rat. A burly figure with black locks and a black beard, Mujahed prays in a corner, oblivious to the progress of the rat as it tunnels under a gray blanket toward a bag of dates. Rising from prayer, the devout Taliban says through the bars of the cell, "When I was on jihad, the holy Prophet Muhammad talked to me in my dreams...
...bulk up sales, Davis has gone on a shopping spree. He signed seven licensing deals last year to get the New Balance logo on gear from sunglasses to exercise equipment. He recently signed on to sponsor major league lacrosse and in February bought a lacrosse-equipment maker, Warrior. He has also expanded into hiking footwear with the purchase of the Dunham brand, and he is working with retailers to open more single-brand New Balance shops, aiming to have "a couple hundred" in the U.S. by 2006. Worldwide, Davis projects sales growth of 10% to 12% over 2003, to more...
...worked for Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, helping to instigate the postwar Marshall Plan and, in 1950, writing a key paper that urged a U.S. economic and military buildup to "frustrate the Kremlin design of a world dominated by its will." Yet this early cold warrior became better known for his later efforts at conciliation, most notably a famous "walk in the woods" near Geneva, Switzerland, in 1982 with his Soviet counterpart in an attempt to break an arms-control deadlock. The agreement they reached failed to win approval, but his efforts paved...
...Aztecs' harsh nature pervades the show, for which the Guggenheim has swathed the walls of its famous spiral ramp in black felt as a somber background. Early on, one encounters the splendid and somewhat hair-raising clay sculpture known as the Eagle Warrior, circa 1440-69, staring down from a shelf 6 ft. off the floor, as if on a ledge to surprise his enemies. Not far behind him looms the grisly god of the underworld, Mictlantecuhtli, circa 1480, his rib cage exposed and his liver hanging out. The pair encapsulates some of the dualities that created a dynamic tension...