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...Midnight Oil, Australia's most popular rock band for 20 years, has devoted many of its songs to the political plight of the Aboriginal people. And yet many white Australians claim they did not know until recently of the poor treatment and the political plight of the Aborigines. I lived in Australia for three years but left because of the extreme racial prejudice there. I still retain my Australian citizenship, but I went back to India. If you think South Africa is prejudiced, racist or xenophobic, think again! It pales in comparison with Australia. AMARJIT SINGH New Delhi...
...midnight there is a call for all the brigade commanders in the sector. During the conversation the commander tells us details of the cease-fire agreement. In the middle of the conversation, I receive reports of gunfire toward the Jewish community in Hebron. It looks as if, for the moment, the agreement does not apply to Hebron. At 2 a.m. the gunfire ceases. It is time to give final orders...
Faculty who park in Harvard lots can get different types of parking permits. The "pooled" permit allows parking in designated areas from 7 a.m. to midnight for $420 per year...
...along the Mississippi. Just as parish and civic groups compete in the Mardi Gras parade, at Christmas they create fantastic forms--including replicas of boats and plantation homes--out of logs stuffed with dry cane. The bonfires burn between the early-evening Christmas Eve church service and midnight Mass. Many watch the exploding cane from a paddle wheeler or a riverboat...
...time of year in the 20,000 hotel rooms in the Big Easy www.neworleanscvb.com) often at bargain rates. Some 30 restaurants, including Arnaud's, Galatoire's, Bacco, Antoine's and Tujague's, serve the traditional reveillon (awakening) dinners, just like those that the city's early inhabitants enjoyed after midnight Mass...