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...take his herd north to look for buyers--thus helping launch the era of the great cattle drives. The story of the California gold rush is framed by the diary and letters of William Swain, who left his wife and family in western New York State, endured a grueling overland journey to California to seek his fortune, only to head back 18 months later with barely enough money to book his passage home...
When I heard that Bill Clinton might seek protection from Paula Jones' lawsuit under military law as an "active duty" Commander in Chief [Nation, June 3], I thought one of Jay Leno's joke writers had gone berserk. DON A. ELLIS Overland Park, Kansas
...SOCIETY, Aug. 28]. Had her classmates at the school been kinder and more welcoming, she probably could have made it. Even though she quit, I still think she is one of the bravest women in the U.S.--certainly braver than most of the men in the Citadel. MATT CALCARA Overland Park, Kansas AOL: Cal Clan
...spectacular international effect. For the Baghdad caliphate, read Saddam Hussein's Iraq; as the fugitives' vehicles, replace camels with Land Rovers and Mercedes sedans; and, in lieu of swords, understand the fleeing armorer's specialty as ballistic missiles, warheads and lethal toxins. Whatever the reasons for it, the overland escape into Jordan by Lieut. General Hussein Kamel al-Majid, his brother and their wives--both daughters of Saddam's--resounded as a signal blow to the Iraqi regime's inner fortifications...
...nationals. Foreigners must pay up or leave by Feb. 15. With petitions signed by thousands of unemployed Gabonese who threaten to ``kill and burn'' illegal immigrants, western and central Africans are spending their savings for a ticket home. Said Tankara Ibrahima, a merchant who disembarked at Abidjan to continue overland to Mali: ``They were not nice about the new decision. They did not treat us well...