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...While maintaining nurse-like efficiency and tenderness during daylight hours, she insisted on going “off-duty” at night as usual, quickly falling into a deep sleep while her only daughter drained the night away. “I’m not running a hotel here,” remained her response to all off-hours requests, despite my reply of, “But Mom, I’m bleeding.” To her credit, my surgery did extend her on-duty hours from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., a time determined...
...Zambia declared a national holiday as it hosted an influx of up to 20,000 tourists. While war-torn Angola issued millions of pairs of protective glasses, many in Zimbabwe watched through folded crisp packets. Wildlife observers said animals seemed confused by the sudden switch between darkness and full daylight...
...surprise that the U.N. Security Council in the same week unanimously, and with acclaim, reelected Annan to a second term as Secretary General. No surprise not only because nobody ran against him - indeed, if Annan has enemies, they don't reveal themselves in daylight - but also because of the warmth and respect he has engendered across all political boundaries. Praise for the unassuming Ghanaian diplomat came as effusively from U.S. diplomats and political leaders (even longtime U.N.-basher Senator Jesse Helms enjoys a cordiality with the Secretary General that would have been quite unthinkable when Boutros Boutros-Gali held...
...Palestinians looked forward to Bush coming in after all the attention they got from Clinton, because they believed Clinton was too biased towards Israel. So the Palestinians have been bitterly disappointed by the Bush administration. Perhaps Mitchell is saying it's time for the administration to put a little daylight between themselves and Sharon in order to maintain U.S. credibility in future negotiations...
...politicos looking for background reading, try Jimmy Carter's childhood memoir "An Hour Before Daylight." And the love-it-or-hate-it attack on the Clinton administration's approach to China, "The China Threat: How the People's Republic Targets America" by Bill Gertz" was sent in by a reader who also recommends "Absolute Power: The Legacy of Corruption in the Clinton-Reno Justice Department" by David Limbaugh...