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...uncalled-for war in the fragile Middle East, which has immense oil reserves [WORLD, Dec. 2]. Saddam is a pain in the neck for the Bush Administration. But after Saddam's exit, who will fill the vacuum and control the subsequent chaos? The Iraqi exile community is a joke. Let Saddam's own people decide his fate. Dictators do not last forever. Instead of wasting billions of dollars to wage a stupid personal war against Iraq, President Bush should use the money to boost the U.S. economy. SYED RASHID ALI SHAH Vroomshop, the Netherlands...
...from our hearts and souls, and it is obvious Shania has no soul. If she did, it would come through in her music. Lange and Shania have capitalized on her looks and body. Shania continues to insist that what she does has something to do with music. What a joke! MAGGIE JORDAN St. Louis...
...Verbal Economizer There is a joke about the Vice President that his friends like to tell. "Dick Cheney is always at an undisclosed location," they say, "even when he's sitting right in front of you." For the taciturn Cheney, discretion has been the key to power and influence. He has made calculated silence his calling card. Whether in meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill or in sessions of President Bush's war council, Cheney, as a colleague in the White House puts it, "just sits there and listens with that crooked grin on his face. He almost never speaks...
...Forsyth lived there while he wrote his military thriller The Dogs of War. But in recent years, Malabo has been transformed. Office buildings have shot up, hotels and banks have opened, and foreigners, once a novelty, now cram the town's fancy new restaurants. There's so much construction, joke the locals, that if you stick out your tongue, someone is likely to build...
...need that toughness now. She's noncommittal when asked what policies she will pursue and insists that she will be a mere caretaker President, with her focus still on parliament. Her opponents dismiss her as a political lightweight - Kostunica has said that having Micic as President would be "a joke." "Not a very appropriate thing to say," she comments with a wry smile. "But I'm not a vindictive person...