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...Child Evangelism Fellowship is doing to children's minds what Joe Camel once did for their lungs--stamping an adult agenda onto defenseless innocents. Any faith pushed onto kids with bribes of candy reveals its deepest insecurity--that children allowed a free comparison of belief systems would not choose the one being hyped. EDWARD MIRACLE Livermore, Calif...
...days away by camel, or six hours by bus, is Bukhara, a more relaxed and intimate experience. Aged, bearded men sit around low tables next to outdoor stone pools, playing chess and dominoes while drinking tea under the mulberry trees. A highlight of any visit is getting lost in the maze of caravansaries, alleys and domed markets in the old city. Be prepared for spontaneous invitations to a wedding or to share a cup of tea. The city's architectural wonders include the giant ramparts of the fortress known as the Ark, the banded patterns of the dizzying...
That bleating camel sometimes known as the U.S. economy kicked a little sand on the resurgent markets Thursday, when the Labor Department reported that weekly jobless claims had notched up again, to 421,000, putting the rolling four-week average at more than 400,000. That's arguably a more recent snapshot of the employment scene than Friday's unemployment figure for April, but it's that number which, judging by volume, the traders had been really waiting on. That number ticked up too, to 4.5 percent for the month...
...father shaved with focused nonchalance, pausing now and then to study his work and take a drag from the unfiltered Camel parked on the edge of the sink. Now and then he brought his left hand into play, to hold his nose aside (face abruptly grotesque) while he worked the bristles on the high upper...
...Despite the sanctions, life goes on in tranquil Tripoli. There are a few restaurants, but they are extremely modest. The hotel waiter offered me whale for dinner. He meant fish, which is a staple given Libya's 800 mile coastline. Camel meat cooked in red tomato sauce is popular here, accompanied by white rice and potatoes. In a happy coincidence with the leader's chosen color, the Libyans drink green tea. But one of their great inheritances from the Italians is capuccino...