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...albums were top sellers, and six weeks before Shepherd?s Bush they had performed at the Super Bowl. But it got bad, and then ugly, in a hurry. The "ashamed" aside soured and angered their conservative fans. Not since 1958, when Jerry Lee Lewis mentioned during a tour of England that he had married his 13-year-old second cousin, had a country act returned from London in such disgrace...
...ever optimistic, honeyed official government reports, which would have us believe Iraq will soon be free of anarchy, death and destruction - a claim that has been made since that mission accomplished banner was displayed behind President Bush in the halcyon days of May 2003. Philip A. Roe Stamford Bridge, England Ghosh's story made me believe there are only two ways to deal with the mess in Iraq. One is withdrawal of all the troops and letting the Iraqis sort it out, which is unacceptable. The other is partition with cooperation from the other Arab countries. It would be nice...
...states of the Middle East; if we stopped supporting corrupt Arab regimes; if Britain and America stopped their gun-running activities; and if Muslim leaders in Britain were making it sufficiently clear in the public forum that the taking of any human life is evil. Jim McCluskey Twickenham, England Anyone with even a casual interest in current affairs could see what was coming years ago, given the British government's attitude on immigration and eagerness to please everyone. Now when any plan is brought forward to attempt to curb immigration or terrorism, there are screams of racism or violation...
...well as fulfill a foreign language requirement (mais oui, oh America-only concentrators). Limited enrollment History and Literature are offered each semester—topics have included “History and Literature of the Modern American South” and “Defining Crime and Criminality in England, 1550-1990.”The bloody and beating heart of the department lies in its tutorials. The first weeks of sophomore tutorial are somewhat scary and exhilarating--keep a pocket dictionary handy as the “-ogys” begin to fly. Be forewarned that skipping the reading...
...works include 24 paintings, 36 prints, and 22 drawings by Sickert, who was born in England in 1860 and was a pupil of James McNeill Whistler and Edgar Degas...