Word: attar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Helene Turcotte, a muscular beauty, is the champion enthraller. But these oases of grace only underline the frenetic naivete of the rest of Pomp Duck. After 3 1/2 hours of the chef chasing the chanteuse, visitors rush out to inhale that acrid New York air as if it were attar of roses. Even Hell's Kitchen is preferable to hell's kitsch...
...hardly ever spontaneous in postwar Iraq -- especially in the aftermath of the June 27 cruise-missile attack on Baghdad. Yet as they cleared rubble and replaced shattered windows, Iraqis blamed Bill Clinton -- not their own leadership -- for the deaths of eight civilians, including well-loved Iraqi artist Layla Attar. "People don't understand why the Americans are still punishing them," said a senior diplomat in Baghdad. "The economic sanctions and these not-so-surgical strikes don't affect Saddam or his network. The damage to his intelligence services was minimal...
...hostility toward visiting Americans, Iraqis are angry that they -- not the government foisted upon them -- are the ones who always suffer. At the Lawyers' Union in Baghdad's fashionable Mansour district, a white-haired attorney captures Iraqis' twin resentments in his . rage: "Did Bill Clinton have to murder Layla Attar to prove how powerful he is?" he demands. "Did that strike oust Saddam? No. So what's the point...
...With the recent war, [with] a lot of jokes people make about Arabs and Iraqis you don't know whether to laugh or to be offended," says Al-Attar, who is Iraqi. "You are often faced with the conflict--should I laugh or says something...
...Attar agrees. "What I like is being able to speak Arabic to may friends here," she says. "It feels good to be part of the group just to voice your opinions and your culture. All people know are the jokes...