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...were rules even among the hateful against mass slaughter of the innocent. Now a different set of illusions flakes--off about the costs of winning wars and making peace. By the time President Bush asks Congress for more money and the U.N. for more of everything--more peacekeepers and mine clearers and border guards--any illusion that America could spray peace and democracy throughout the Middle East and then quickly fly home will have vanished as well. Even those who opposed taking the battle to Iraq now have to accept that there is no turning back, and those who advanced...
Being short is not a burden but a blessing. As someone who is never going to hit the 5-ft. mark, I am proud of my shortness. Everyone has a quirk; mine is being 5 in. shorter than the average female. But who wants to be average? Celebrate your shortness! DAWN KLING Lititz...
...charges on assets," but I had some nagging questions: Favorite Yanjing? ("Draft brand"); Brown bottle or green? ("Doesn't matter"); Pineapple beer?why? ("It's refreshing"); The growing wine market? ("No problem! Wine's not as good for you as beer"). Then Zhang pointed to his cheeks and mine, declared them pink, and ordered tea. The tour was over. He had to get back to work...
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...private jets no longer skim the Himalayas into Kathmandu is not hard to fathom. There is little glamour in the daily bloody shoot-outs between rebels and government forces that dominate the news from Nepal today. Squads of armed police and Royal Nepalese Army soldiers in armored cars and mine-clearing vehicles now guard every street corner in the capital. Gatherings of more than five people?even, Rana assumes, his famous parties?have been outlawed, and the city grinds to a halt every few days as armed police cordon off downtown blocks and break up protests against the crackdown...