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...Waiting for the Sunrise He was born Lester Polsfuss (the family soon simplified the name to Polfus) in Waukesha, Wis., 18 miles west of Milwaukee. Encouraged by his mother, he learned piano, guitar and harmonica. His curiosity led him to all sorts of precocious experiments, like poking new holes in player-piano music to make new melodies, or, at 13, disconnecting a console-radio speaker and attaching a phonograph pickup. He bought his first Gibson guitar, an L-5 acoustic, which he promptly electrified. In local performances, he wired his guitar to radios stage right and left - voilà, stereo...
...downplayed the idea that the clothing line, with its high-end pricing, might seem exclusive. "I would not think that that's something of huge concern," he said. Prep clothing is worn by a wide range of men, he said. "If you look at what people like Kanye West and Russell Simmons and people in the hip-hop community as well as people from other ethnic backgrounds are wearing, at the end just because that look was worn by one particular group of people doesn't have anything to do with the way things are now," he said. "As places...
...sympathetic to the reformists were put under house arrest in the aftermath of the election. These purges within Iran's security apparatus consolidated power in the hands of the top Guards commanders, who form a united hard-liner bloc that is opposed to reconciliation with the opposition or the West. The IRGC, then, is the most effective power bloc in the country, certainly more cohesive in its top leadership than the conservative political faction, which has seen spats between the Supreme Leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, and Ahmadinejad. The Revolutionary Guards leadership has a vested financial interest in isolating the Islamic...
...fast-growing oil industry, closer ties to China and a peace deal to end the civil war have fueled strong economic growth over the past few years. If it weren't for the Darfur crisis, al-Bashir might now be reaping the rewards of a rapprochement with the West. (See pictures of Osama bin Laden...
...Watch TIME's video "Protesting Gaza, Carefully, in the West Bank...