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...heart of Europe that Europeans were loath to put out. We holler when the U.S. rightly fights international terrorism, which is also close to our doorstep. Pacifism and left-wing governments have blocked wholehearted support of American goals. It will take another Sept. 11, on this side of the ocean, for Europe to wise up. ARIE DE KORT Bodegraven, the Netherlands...
...wrong, can they? Not about sunset on the veranda of Colombo's Galle Face Hotel. A pot of Ceylon tea is on the table. Uniformed waiters anticipate every need. Attention wanders from a book to monitoring the progress of the sun's blood orange descent into the Indian Ocean. All, in short, is as it should be, the life you've always felt you deserved...
...Rooms start at $50, but it's worth the $25 upgrade to a deluxe room with an ocean view; call (94-1) 541-010 for reservations or e-mail gfh@diamond.lanka.net...
...Kirkus applauds "The Emperor of Ocean Park," the much-buzzed-about first novel of Yale law professor Stephen L. Carter (Knopf), giving it a rhapsodic starred review. "This sleek, immensely readable first novel by Yale law professor Carter, author of such provocative nonfiction as 'The Culture of Disbelief' and 'God's Name in Vain,' is custom-designed for the kind of commercial success enjoyed by John Grisham's 'The Firm' 11 years ago...a melodrama with brains and heart to match its killer plot." First printing...
...islands are in fact the tail end of the Arakan Yoma mountain range. The submerged peaks cover a 1,000-km arc from Burma to Sumatra, surrounded on all sides by deep ocean. Divers and snorkelers can swim with all the usual reef crowd?butterfly fish, blue napoleons, sea anemones, snapper and brightly colored parrot fish?and also encounter larger visitors from deeper waters, like blue and sperm whales, dolphins, sharks, tuna and marine turtles. The area is a favored haunt of the endangered dugong, a cousin of the manatee, that feeds in the sea grasses of the shallow coastal...