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...global terrorism that threatens destruction not just in Iraq but in Britain and virtually every major country around the world." Although Bush and Blair's sentiment was echoed by interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, such language was rarer among Iraqi voters, who tended to see the election as the fruit of their own efforts, most notably those of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, whose interventions forced the U.S. to scrap its own plan for a handpicked government to write the new constitution and instead accept Sistani's demand for elections. Indeed, many voters at the polls saw voting as a means...
...soldiers and police, including 3,000 newly deputized officers from as far away as Seattle and Miami, freshly equipped with hats and gloves. There were cops on bikes, in plainclothes, in helicopters; sharpshooters on roofs; Coast Guard cutters on the Potomac; dogs sniffing for bombs; police confiscating fruit lest it be thrown. They were on guard against the unseen enemy and the visible disruption...
...twixters come from? And what's taking them so long to get where they're going? Some of the sociologists, psychologists and demographers who study this new life stage see it as a good thing. The twixters aren't lazy, the argument goes, they're reaping the fruit of decades of American affluence and social liberation. This new period is a chance for young people to savor the pleasures of irresponsibility, search their souls and choose their life paths. But more historically and economically minded scholars see it differently. They are worried that twixters aren't growing up because they...
...FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Five servings of fruits and vegetables a day--the old standard--aren't enough anymore if you want to maintain good nutrition and prevent disease. The new goal is nine servings of about half a cup each, split between four servings of fruit per day and five of vegetables or legumes...
...Still peckish? Combine a trip to nearby Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens with a treat from the che stall at 25 Nguyen Binh Khiem street. Che are sweet desserts made from various combinations of fruit, beans, tapioca, sugar and sweetened coconut milk, and are hugely popular in the south of Vietnam. At this stall you'll find a refreshing che dau van (made with haricot beans) for a mere 5?. Then drive it home with a digestif of rau ma (liquified pennywort), available from the Ben Thanh market food hall for just 25?. That brings your three-course meal with...