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...dutifully greeted the elders present, wandered over the few acres and through the barn out back, then lounged under an old hackberry tree. At noon dinner he loaded up his plate with fried chicken and mashed potatoes and took a seat with a cousin on the back porch. Wes cleaned his plate. His cousin did not. Aunt Ida came inspecting. She spied the wasted food, stopped and delivered a stern dose of family doctrine: "Waste not, want not." Right then another remarkable career may have been started through the mixture of Eisenhower family values and the ethic of that prairie...
...much a philosopher as a geneticist, and he has thought a great deal about his first cousin once removed, Dwight David Eisenhower. Jackson believes the bedrock of Ike's achievements and his growing stature in history came from the white frame house in Abilene and the harmony the town required and imposed for a rewarding life. Many strata of worldly experience were laid down over Ike's character during his 50 years of public service. But the final high silhouette of his life followed the outlines shaped in the streets of Abilene...
Lastly, I was repulsed by Enis' dismissal of the Palestinians killed as "attention grabbers" or "rabble rousers." My cousin was beaten to death by Israeli troops in the early days of the uprising. He did not throw rocks at the foreign army outside his door in order to see his name in print; he did not give his life so that he could be on the six o'clock news. Palestinians, Mr. Enis, risk their lives resisting the Israeli occupation because their lives under occupation are no longer worth living. Had this been Kuwaitis pelting Iraqis with stones, the world...
Government supporters and Bhutto partisans blamed each other for inciting . the violence, which postponed the hearing into charges that the former Prime Minister sold government-protected land below market rates to a London firm possibly linked to a cousin. But if the protesters' goal was to delay proceedings until after parliamentary elections are held on Oct. 24, they were disappointed. Another hearing is scheduled for this week. If Bhutto is found guilty, she will be banned from running in the October elections and disqualified from holding office for up to seven years...
There are rumors: of 28 people killed in the town of Mosul during a demonstration protesting food shortages; of an attempt by the President's first cousin to assassinate him; of generals executed for plotting against Saddam. The rumors come not from diplomatic intelligence sources but from Iraqis, many of whom, despite the pervasive fear and security apparatus of the state, insist that opposition and dismay with Saddam Hussein run deep...