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...their supporters are rich entrepreneurs who profited during Thaksin's rule, they have reached into the language of Thailand's feudal past and characterized the current political crisis as pitting the phrai against the amataya. Roughly translated, that's a conflict between the serfs and the aristocracy. Abhisit struck back on local TV: "Thailand no longer has [such] social classes. People are equal under the constitution, although they have unequal opportunities." But the underclass isn't convinced. "The poor work hard and contribute to society," says Pasuk Phongpaichit, an economist at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, "but they are waiting...
...voodoo. In mid-March, thousands of red shirts lined up to donate their blood, which was then splashed by the bucketful at the Prime Minister's office and private residence. Brahmin priests attended the bloodletting, casting hexes on the government amid swirls of incense. Such black magic, which dates back to Thailand's pre-Buddhist past, might seem like the domain of superstitious peasants. But last year, yellow-shirt leader and media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul placed sanitary napkins soaked with menstrual blood around a Bangkok monument as part of a spell designed to vanquish Thaksin. Many locals seem to believe...
Your story about Tom Hanks brought back many memories [March 15]. An especially personal one was the sniper ambush of the 3rd Marine Division on Guam. A Veterans Affairs grave marker for one of those 3rd Division Marines rests in my husband's hometown cemetery. His brother was a victim of those snipers. I look forward to seeing The Pacific. Thank you, Tom Hanks, for sharing the emotional experiences of my generation with today's generation. LaVerne Wolf, LISLE...
...point to Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad promised change but has brought few reforms since his father Hafez died in 2000. In neighboring Egypt, Hosni Mubarak's son Gamal could face a similar predicament if he runs in next year's presidential elections. (See "Why the U.S. Is Back on the Road to Damascus...
...genealogist. All of us can go back to old Censuses and do little studies of the neighborhoods of our ancestors. Who did they live with? What were the kinds of people they lived with...