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Even Okinawa, Japan's own tropical prefecture, is suffering. The American flavor lent by the sprawl of U.S. military bases there is normally an attraction for Japanese tourists, but the bases now represent both a possible terrorist target and the tense center of war preparations. Two weeks ago, the commander of the Marines took the extraordinary step of publicly appealing for tourists to come back...
...later, that activism may be less dramatic, but it is at least more colorful. Marches these days include the visually arresting 20-ft. peace puppets wielded by local artists' collective Art and Revolution. "The face of protest has changed," says collective member David Solnit. "The tragedy of Sept. 11 lent itself to talking from the heart...
...later, that activism may be less dramatic, but it is at least more colorful. Marches these days include the visually arresting 20-ft. peace puppets wielded by local artists' collective Art and Revolution. "The face of protest has changed," says collective member David Solnit. "The tragedy of Sept. 11 lent itself to talking from the heart...
Lucas Rosario, 8, of New York City has new clothes and some extra toys lent to him by his best friend Harry. When he and his parents go out to dinner, which is almost every night now, he gets to pick the restaurant. But if you ask Lucas, none of this is lucky. He witnessed the two planes crashing into the World Trade Center, his "favorite buildings," and saw people jumping to their deaths. And the reason he is freshly outfitted and eating out is that he and his parents Julio Rosario and Joan Lader have been living a vagabond...
...Boys” by Rick Moody. The short story explores the changing lives of maturing children with a narrative style perhaps closer to poetry than prose. LeBow, who played the father last year in the A.R.T.’s world premiere of Adam Rapp’s Nocturne, lent his rich voice to a blunt delivery that gave the comic and dramatic moments of the story equal power. The story is too short and well crafted to ruin with synopsis, but it reveals the humanity of the sort of rambunctious young men who seemed so callous...