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Editor’s note: Former Harvard hurler Frank Herrmann ’06, a prospect with the Cleveland Indians, reported to camp in Winter Haven, Fla., in early March. This is his diary...
...there's any other dissonant note, it's the knowledge that Lake Issyk-Kul was a top-secret testing site for Soviet torpedoes in the period after World War II. To this day, it remains unclear how many were exploded or what, if anything, their warheads contained. While visitors will want to be aware of Lake Issyk-Kul's history, there is no evidence that the testing has caused any lasting damage to the lake's ecology, and both Russian families and avid anglers have happily vacationed there for many years. The Kyrgyz authorities also insist that the lake...
...Girl, there ain’t no pain in me looking at your…” To which these female singers respond in breathless acquiescence, “I don’t give a…Keep looking at my…” Note the omission of references to breasts. How thoughtful, how considerate. These are, to put it simply, the symptoms of an ailing culture. The men aspire to be “pimps” and “thugs,” while the women are portrayed as being men?...
...Prime Minister Stephen Harper has stonewalled the critics, pointing out that all parties supported the original deployment during an earlier "take note" debate last November. "It is not this government's intention to question this mission when our troops are in danger," says Harper, who added that the perception of a "lack of resolve" would weaken troop morale...
...Editor's Note: This dispatch originally appeared in the October 28, 2002 edition of TIME Europe...