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...novelist Jack Kerouac (a beatnik), a hero of the heroine who turns out to be quite spacey herself; a pun is also intended since sputnik in Russian means "fellow traveler." Sumire, a compulsive wanna-be writer, is loved by a young male teacher but she herself has an unrequited crush on an older woman. On a trip to a Greek island with her "girlfriend," the sapphic Sumire disappears "just like smoke." And what has started out as a boy-loves-girl-loves-girl love story winds up as nothing but a shaggy ghost tale. No explanation is given for Sumire...
...just Alliance soldiers who welcomed a change. One month into the conflict, the U.S. war effort is under siege from a global chorus of critics-chiming in everywhere from the streets of Quetta to the hallways of Congress-who say the campaign to crush the Taliban and seize Osama bin Laden is hurtling toward either humiliating defeat or inescapable quagmire; that U.S. bombs are doing either too much damage, not enough or both at the same time; and that the U.S. had better produce some "wins" soon, before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan (which begins...
Today, we must, in the spirit of an innocent holiday, lift the burden of Sept. 11 from our collective consciences. Halloween this year provides us with a unique opportunity—the chance to show terrorists that they will not crush America’s enthusiasm for having...
...Pacific Economic Cooperation summit--that's the one that usually ends with a picture of leaders wearing identical silly shirts--he could feel delighted with five weeks of American diplomacy. After Sept. 11, many of those with whom Washington has had prickly relations melted like a cheerleader with a crush on the quarterback. Russia made a strategic choice to throw in its lot with the West. The government of Pakistan, a nuisance for a decade, acceded to pretty much all of Washington's demands. Iran--cautiously, to be sure--signaled a greater degree of support for American positions than...
...Crimson answered right back, tallying two quick goals to crush any hope of an upset...