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...bigger trucks, their drivers standing up to grind their boots onto the gas pedals, could not get above 40 miles per hour. One of them bogged down in the roadside sand, another broke down, and running soldiers leapt into the thin cover of other trucks as large-caliber bullets shattered windshields and bored through sheet metal, as dead and dying trucks began to block the road...
...women? I'm appalled by such gender discrimination in our supposedly progressive Europe of the 21st century! Maxi Schmeisser Bamberg, Germany Your reporting on Eton stated that the school "has for many Britons come to symbolize unfair privilege." That's certainly how I see it. The boys on the cover are emblematic of inherited social advantage, wealth and the injustice of England's class system. I'd guess that parents put up thousands of pounds before the boys were born to reserve a place at Eton, where students learn they are superior to the plebian proletarians in nearby downtown Slough...
...found the cover image so offensive that I had no interest in reading the story. The picture promotes violence. Such disregard for human life is damaging to all of us, no matter who the victim of the attack is. Leora Sapon-Shevin Syracuse, New York...
...portrait of Osama bin Laden with a thick black question mark over his face would have made a more appropriate cover image. I am worried that Americans are starting to believe that bin Laden does not exist, Iraq caused 9/11, and war is the only way to defeat fundamentalists. Rachel Cromidas La Jolla, California...
...Awakening of India The cover story highlighting India's economic boom seems to have come at the right time [June 19]. The country is changing in all areas. Shopping malls and multiplexes have mushroomed in many cities; young people are identifying with the latest brands in consumer goods. The big question is, What about the millions of Indians languishing in its dusty towns and villages, who still live a hand-to-mouth existence? After a hard day's work, one square meal is at most what they get. Such basic amenities as power and clean drinking water are lacking. Caste...