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...fellow countrymen who are unable to get the aids drugs they are entitled to. John Lall New Delhi Referendums in the Dark Re Your article on the French and Dutch referendums on the European Union's constitution [May 30]: I wonder how many citizens would vote in favor of the constitution of their own country if they were asked to. Is it legitimate to ask people to vote on something the consequences of which they don't understand? Ilja Feldstein Lutry, Switzerland
Just as home-grown chefs are gaining favor, so domestic place names provide the new exotica on menus. Banished are the evocative references to such shrines as Burgundy, Provence and Lyons. Instead, the places dropped are likely to be El Paso, Iowa, Michigan, Memphis, Albuquerque, the Arizona Badlands and even the Bronx, where small farms and greenhouses supply endive and herbs to tony Manhattan restaurants and markets...
...Aquino assassination. Last week the Philippines Supreme Court temporarily forbade a special corruption tribunal to issue a verdict in the case. One military dissident dismissed Marcos' latest effort as "all smoke and mirrors and distraction." Maybe so, but that--and luck--still seem to be working in Marcos' favor. --By George Russell. Reported by Sandra Burton and Nelly Sindayen/Manila
...Notebook item "The Naysayers of Europe" on the French and Dutch referendums on the European Union's constitution [June 13]: I wonder how many citizens would vote in favor of the constitution of their own country if they were asked to. Is it legitimate to ask people to vote on something the consequences of which they don't understand...
...defeat inflicted in the referendums is not a failure for the idea of a united Europe as a whole [June 13]. Quite the contrary: it represents a purely political choice in opposition to the neoliberal character of Europe today and in favor of a Europe that is more socially conscious and responsive. It is also a vote against the élitism and arrogance of the Brussels bureaucracy, which presumes it can complete its version of European unification without ever consulting directly with the citizens of Europe. Finally, it is the starting point of a new political era in the European...