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...DIED. TOM DOWD, 77, music producer and engineer who masterminded classics like Respect and Layla during a 50-year career working with soul, jazz and rock artists such as Aretha Franklin and Eric Clapton; in Aventura, Florida. Considered a pioneer in eight track and studio recording, Dowd was recently honored with a National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Lifetime Award...
...could just stick to his new forte, interpreting the work of others. How 'bout it, David? Layla! --By Benjamin Nugent
Inside Iraq, Saddam's constituents can express despair about such oppression only quietly. An entire population has developed a sixth sense about keeping genuine feelings buried deep. "I can never say what I think," Layla, 38, a former office worker, says from the privacy of her home. With those they trust, Iraqis do grumble about Saddam and his excesses, about the way his ruling circle assesses 7% "for the family" on every business deal. But 30 years of Saddam have instilled in Iraqis a reflexive habit of survival. They seem too tired, too disillusioned, too frightened of one another...
...Layla blames both countries' leaders for her travails. "Why do I have to suffer because our President and your President just care about defeating each other? You Americans, your life is so easy, and mine is so hard." At age 38, she has no hope of marriage, since so many men of her generation died or were crippled in two wars...
...That's our money," says Layla, dismissing the mosque with an angry wave. "He thinks it will bring him respect, a great house in paradise, while we go inside it to pray to God to give us enough food for the month...