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...bathroom it was. According to flight crews, the lavatory is, not surprisingly, where most mile-highers choose to do the deed. "The other flight attendants and I could never figure out the attraction of lavatory sex," June C. muses. "Those bathrooms are so gross, it's like having sex in a bus station bathroom...
...Perhaps it's the memory of slavery, or the legacy of the civil rights movement, or the need to be politically correct, or just plain politeness, but most Americans, particularly whites, are relatively restrained in word and deed about race. Most Asians are uninhibited about it. Asia's vast ethnic diversity means we are forced to confront the very many real differences - cultural, political, economic - that exist among us. Sometimes those differences erupt in violence. At least half of the world's armed conflicts are in Asia, nearly all ethnic-based. But the bigger reason Asians do not focus...
...word with regard to the situation I’m sure is on all of our minds: We have to turn over the money. I know that’s a bitter pill to swallow, but there’s nothing we can do about it now. The deed is done and we’re up a creek without this move...
Your report on accused world Trade Center plotter Mahmud Abouhalima and Muslim radicals ((Cover Story, Oct. 4)) demonstrates that you unfortunately believe Islam has a dark side. But Islam is a very peaceful religion. It is too bad that when someone does an evil deed and claims to be a Muslim, all Muslims and Islam itself are considered to be evil. Murder is not tolerated in Islam, and the murder of civilians is especially un-Islamic. The very word Islam comes from the Arabic word al-salaam, meaning peace. People fear Islam without understanding its true nature. Omar Reda Maple...
...Seeing it is thus a good deed, for the selfless saints of film preservation and for the part of any moviegoer open to a fresh experience from an old film. So if you're in the vicinity and can't get into The Dark Knight, try Mackenzie's film; it has twice the angst at half the running time. And next week, if it' s a choice between The X Files and The Exiles, take a chance on the little...