ONCE-GREAT WARRIOR'S NEW VISAGE WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ISRAEL TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN PEACE PROCESSJERUSALEM - Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon awoke from his coma this morning in miraculously good health, except that he now sports an apparently permanent, foolish grin. An Israeli official speaking on condition of anonymity said that "it would be damaging for Israel" to allow Sharon to negotiate with Palestinian leaders with this new look since "it would make him appear as if he's perpetually pleased with the progress of the peace talks, thus sending exactly the wrong message," the official said.
