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...ASIA Nepal: On the Brink Interview: Nepal's PM Bombay: House of Terror? Essay: Overcoming 9/11...
...Hope and Glory I was, frankly, shocked by Richard Schickel's backhanded tribute to the legendary Bob Hope [ESSAY, Aug. 11]. Schickel said, "There was no depth to Hope." But the comedian provided millions of us with happiness, laughter and respite from rationing, poverty and rebuilding during the difficult period following World War II. The man was a comic genius, and although he had the luxury of scriptwriters, he was always quick-fire with his own natural wit. When his family asked whether he would prefer burial or cremation, his response was, "Surprise me." Hope passionately supported...
...Essay against sending U.N. peacekeepers to Iraq, Michael Elliott wrote, "You don't bring peace to a violent land just by sending a multinational force wearing blue helmets" [GLOBAL AGENDA, Aug. 4]. But it was the lack of U.S. and other major-power support for understaffed U.N. forces that was at the root of the failures that Elliott cited. U.S. pressure in the Security Council to withdraw rather than enlarge the U.N. peacekeeping forces in Rwanda contributed to the severity of the massacre. The Dutch peacekeepers who failed to act in Bosnia did not have adequate support or a mandate...
Thank you for Michael Elliott's "Europeans Just Want to Have Fun" [ESSAY, July 28]. Learning from the Europeans is an excellent idea. As my child grows older, I see more benefits from spending time with family and fewer from toiling away so that we can afford a monster house and SUV. Seeing those different from us cast in a positive light is like a vacation in Paris. RACHEL HOLLOWGRASS Oakland, Calif...
DIED. BOB HOPE, 100, wisecracking comic legend whose career spanned vaudeville, TV and film; in Toluca Lake, Calif. (see ESSAY...