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...military, stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C. As a husband and father, I do not like to be away. But I have a job to do. Most of us do not complain about it. The bottom line is that soldiers are going to die. We know that, our enemies know it, and it's time the American public understood it. Why should the U.S. just pull out of places that are not totally secure and exactly as we want them to be? We will continue fighting until victory is accomplished. BARTY SORRELLS Fort Bragg...
...Sarcasm and ridicule are the manners most often employed. In fact, Keillor's Essay is little more than disdain and hardly an example of civility and good breeding. There's nothing factual in his piece, only ambiguous allegations of how "all" Minnesotans feel about former Governor Ventura. BRIAN TRACEY Fort Wayne...
...Chinese leadership to the north, they studiously model their uprising on Mao Zedong's Basic Tactics (1937) and On Guerrilla Warfare (1937). Their rhetoric is filled with an idealism and romance elsewhere found only in history books. "We want to turn this beautiful Himalayan country into an invincible red fort and a shining trench of world proletariat revolution," declared Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai before the rebels took to the hills in 1996. "We are sure we will hoist the hammer and sickle atop Mount Everest...
...stay ahead of ever more sophisticated counterfeiters, currency designs are expected to be changed every seven to 10 years. Revamped $20 bills, which won't be circulated until October, rolled off the presses last week at the mint in Fort Worth, Texas. Some details, like watermarks, are unaltered. New features are shown below. --By Cathy Booth Thomas...
DIED. CONNIE REEVES, 101, pre-eminent U.S. cowgirl; days after being thrown from her favorite horse, Dr Pepper; in San Antonio, Texas. The oldest living honoree of the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas, Reeves taught more than 30,000 girls how to ride, urging them to "Always saddle your own horse...