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...refuses to comment, but Hadley insists that prisoners being held secretly are treated humanely: "The United States will not torture." Friso Roscam Abbing, spokesman for the European Union, to which Poland belongs and Romania aspires, says secret prisons would be illegal under E.U. rules requiring member states to abide by such legal conventions as due process and the right of prisoners to a lawyer. But Abbing added that the E.U. would accept the denials of Poland and Romania "unless we see hard evidence to the contrary...
...were well-assimilated Soviet Jews whose mission was to counter any anti-Russian remarks. In a news conference at the Brussels Press Club, the Moscow group contended that there was no official persecution or mistreatment of Jews in the Soviet Union. Later, in an interview with TIME'S Friso Endt, the group's ranking member, Colonel General David Dragunski, raised doubts about his own Jewishness. When Endt asked whether he spoke Yiddish or Hebrew, Dragunski replied that he spoke neither, which is not unusual among Soviet Jews' But he also insisted that there was no difference between...
SCHOOL FOR SILLIES, by Jay Williams, illustrated by Friso Henstra (Parents' Magazine Press; $3.95). A graceful parody of the classic fairy tale in which a poor, bright boy outwits a king to win the hand of a princess. This time, the young suitor creates a school for fools and cleverly enrolls the king...
...PRACTICAL PRINCESS, by Jay Williams, illustrated by Friso Henstra (Parents' Magazine Press; $3.95). A princess named Bedelia manages to slay a dragon by using a little common sense-and a lot of gunpowder. She also escapes from a prison tower and marries a handsome prince, all because she is practical. A humorous twist on the standard fairy tale with slightly baroque illustrations...
...Sonfonia en Gris Mayor" (Symphony in Gray). In this is given a very real picture of the sea on a glassy calm day and of an old salt who sits at the sea's edge endlessly watching. Again, to show his versatile nature, Dario has written a poem called "Friso" (Frieze). Here classical images and classical scenes are handled in a manner reminiscent of Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn". Some of the best poems in the collection are by Ruben Dario...
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