When I sat down with newly appointed Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad earlier this year, I couldn't help but imagine him working at Brooks Brothers: cufflinks, an elegant silk tie and a worn face that moved reluctantly, letting out only the most necessary words. He was familiar with a frosty demeanor -- I would have sworn that he or a twin had measured me for a suit the week before.

The less than charismatic figure that I was interviewing was, at that point, the finance minister for P ...

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