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...from a patriot get off lightly. At least Jenkins has decided to live in Japan. The U.S. has no room for traitors. Bradford Paik Beaverton, Oregon, U.S. Tarnished Pearl As our Milestone on the death of Uganda's former leader Milton Obote pointed out [Oct. 24], he went from determined and skillful architect of his country's independence from Britain to repressive politician. TIME described the devastating condition of Uganda under his rule 21 years...
...Cambodia, African-style.' That is how some Westerners describe Uganda today ... They contend that the government of President Apollo Milton Obote ... has caused the deaths of as many as 100,000 Ugandan civilians and brought another 150,000 to the brink of starvation in a ruthless campaign to wipe out guerrillas ... Said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights Elliott Abrams during a congressional hearing ... 'Repeated reports of large-scale civilian massacres, forced starvation and impeded humanitarian relief operations indicate that Uganda has one of the most serious human rights problems in the world today' ... At one time known...
...sharp as a tack to the very end. I attribute this in large measure to her daily completion of two crossword puzzles in record time. Weil ought to step out of the meditation labyrinth he was pictured in and try his hand at a crossword. Jean Falls Milton, Canada Weil's "wellness diet" is right on target. This article will inform and alert people to the impact that their diet has on their health. But his recommendation to "strictly avoid all products made with partially hydrogenated oils of any kind" is almost impossible to follow. Nearly all snack foods, especially...
...hopefully, that the nuclear threat has made armed conflict ultimately untenable as a Clausewitzian instrument (foreign policy that happens to kill) useful in settling disputes. But not everyone has absorbed the lesson. Among other things, war has an archetypal prestige and bristling drama with which peace has trouble competing: Milton's Lucifer in Paradise Lost is much more interesting than Milton's God. War is rich and vivid, with its traditions, its military academies, its ancient regiments and hero stories, its Iliads, its flash. Peace is not exciting. Its accoutrements are, almost by definition, unremarkable if they work well...
...addition to physical exercise, our brains need stimulation. Crossword puzzles, word games and logic problems can help stretch our minds and keep our mental capacity limber. Weil ought to step out of the meditation labyrinth he was pictured in and try his hand at a crossword. JEAN FALLS Milton...