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...didn't notice the bridge until we were almost upon it. We came out of a cumulus of red dust to find ourselves whizzing between massive stone balustrades over a yawning gorge. At 85 meters, Spean Praptos is the longest surviving bridge from the Angkor era. "That bridge has been standing more than 800 years," said Mony, who works for the government's conservation authority, Apsara. "My ancestors built roads and bridges that were just as impressive in their way as any of the temples...
...never know, either they come in and they dust us or you get your fingernails down a little bit before they knock you off the cliff, and then you hope they climb up so you can look eye-to-eye,” Fish said...
...moving is the fun part,” he says. “All the noise, dust and machinery is the bad part...
...sophistication of Baghdadis created an Arabic word, "titbaghdada," used to imply snobbishness. But today, Baghdad is neglected. There is no sanitation and there are no garbage cans on the street, so waste is tossed generously throughout. The entire city is coated with a sandy yellowish film, deposited by dust storms and left unwashed. The most vivid color comes from the brilliant red sunsets that shimmer on the water and the mosque domes...
Walter Kirn's piece about how things get complicated once the fighting actually begins brought us down into the dust where the real war is taking place [ESSAY, April 14]. Kirn uncovered the circumstances for what they are. War is an awful, terrible thing. Yet his article gives me reason to hope that when all is said and done, the lines will be redrawn, except this time there will be no "they"--the Iraqis and the Americans--only "us." CHRISTINA HILDRETH Novi, Mich...