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...giddiness over democracy that accompanied the January poll was gone as well. The subject of their vote was sobering: the proposed permanent Iraqi constitution, a document that supporters say will secure the country's future and unite Iraqis but one that opponents contend will lead to Iraq's dissolution and civil...
...seeming ridiculous, this bizarre line of thought and the absurd behavior it engenders comes across as horribly sad.Dunne’s death is not the only event that triggers denial for Didion. Quintana’s sudden life-threatening illness and its aftereffects present a current crisis to contend with and avoid worrying about, on top of grieving for Dunne. These events acquire a new poignancy outside the year Didion chronicles: while the book was in the final stages of editing, Quintana died. Didion explicitly chose not to add an account of her daughter’s death...
Some Getty staff members contend that Munitz has been more interested in impressing celebrities and rising socially than in serving the institution's interests. (One charge leveled against Munitz, which he denies, is that he helped arrange the sale of Getty-owned property to billionaire Eli Broad, a close friend, at $700,000 less than its appraised value.) "Barry wasn't very interested in the core mission of the organization," says a former staff member. "He was even somewhat bored with it." Last year the Getty lost director Deborah Gribbon, a 20-year veteran, over differences with Munitz, who came...
...delighted to see a major American magazine giving readers the truth about the war in Iraq [Sept. 26]. You labeled Joe Klein's report as the "secret history" of U.S. mistakes and misjudgments in failing to thwart the Iraqi insurgency at its start. I contend that the situation was in no way secret. Non-Americans knew even before the war began that if the U.N. didn't run the postwar occupation, a disaster was inevitable. The U.S. is the dinosaur of modern conflict--all brute force with a peanut-size brain, completely outdated in a world where credibility comes first...
...gravity of the situation in Iraq. Why is the U.S. sacrificing its soldiers? The oil in Iraq is not worth it. There is no easy outcome to this war. U.S. opponents from around the world have a golden opportunity to challenge the U.S. in Iraq. American troops must contend with combat conditions, unfamiliar terrain and hot weather along with hatred from all corners of the Middle East. The sooner the war comes to an end, the better it will be for U.S. prestige. The Iraqi opposition forces are willing to sacrifice themselves to defend their country. But what are American...