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That wasn't the Tahiti we wanted to see. We were looking for the Tahiti of Kon Tiki, of South Pacific, of Mutiny on the Bounty. One with lei-bearing natives, grass-thatched huts and cute little pigs running wild among the palm trees. And with miles and miles of pristine white sand beaches...
...would be hard pressed to find a grass-thatched hut in Tahiti's capital city, Papeete ("Pa-pey-ey-tey"). With its department stores, street traffic and air pollution, Papeete would resemble a medium-sized midwestern American city if it weren't for all the tour-company vans lined up on the main street...
Since Saddam Hussein seized Kuwait last August, much of the Arab world at the grass-roots level has divided into supporters and opponents of Iraq. But by far the most outspoken critic of Saddam has been Hosni Mubarak. The Egyptian President has backed his rhetoric with muscle by contributing 38,500 troops to the allied coalition. What is surprising is that, contrary to some reports, most of Mubarak's 56 million countrymen support his stance on the war and have not fallen sway to Saddam's attempts to turn the conflict into a battle of Arab vs. West. Ordinary Egyptians...
That sign was recently displayed at a Students United for Desert Storm (SUDS) rally on the same grass where once walked Ralph Waldo Emerson, author of the immortal words "Whosoever would be a man must be a nonconformist...
...danger is vastly greater, though, for the billions of creatures that inhabit the Persian Gulf. The gulf waters, shores and islands are dotted with coral reefs, mangrove swamps and beds of sea grass and algae, brimming with birds, sea turtles, fish and marine mammals. This complex ecosystem, already pushed to the limits of survival by years of pollution, is now threatened with total collapse by the inexorable spread of the smothering, toxic...