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...Home for the Holidays Kudos to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a wonderful diplomatic and public relations coup [April 16]. He released the British captives at the right time. I particularly enjoyed his remark that the act was a "gift" to Britain for Easter and the Prophet Muhammad's birthday. Contrast this to the hanging of Saddam Hussein on the first day of 'Id al-Adha by the American puppets in Iraq. I am happy that this issue was resolved peacefully and hope that leaders in the Middle East will take a more pragmatic approach and not be rhetorically provocative...
...gowns. Exotic fare abounds, but I opt for a simple treat from childhood: a bananacue, or banana speared with a skewer, caramelized in deep-fried sugar. As I savor the sweet, sticky snack, I listen to a sermon blasted from a loudspeaker by a church decorated like a pastel Easter egg; in front of me is a row of old women selling religious figurines along with herbal potions that claim to do everything from curing coughs to terminating unwanted pregnancy. Afterwards I walk to Chinatown, where merchants hawk watermelons, pearls, watches and glutinous rice cakes. Padyaks, or pedicabs, painted with...
...Home for the Holidays Kudos to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a wonderful diplomatic and public relations coup [April 16]. He released the British captives at the right time. I particularly enjoyed his remark that the act was a "gift" to Britain for Easter and the Prophet Muhammad's birthday. Contrast this to the hanging of Saddam Hussein on the first day of 'Id al-Adha by the American puppets in Iraq. I am happy that this issue was resolved peacefully and hope that leaders in the Middle East will take a more pragmatic approach and not be rhetorically provocative...
...wasn’t too taxing for Penn and Cornell, in similar straits after the aforementioned nor’easter, to play its makeup doubleheader yesterday. Not only that, but the Quakers had to trek up to Ithaca, a good 230 miles away, during the turnaround...
...that voters have simply grown tired of Howard, who was first elected in March 1996. But while Howard runs the country, Rudd runs around the country: laying bricks, painting Easter bunnies, answering trivia questions about Britney. What exactly isn't the Labor leader doing out there? Now that broad directions are being sketched out, where does Rudd plan to take the country if he wins the election? Some see shades of Bill Clinton, others detect an echo of British New Labour's Third Way. At a Canberra truck depot last month, a reporter asked Rudd: "Are you doing a Tony...