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...spent in penury hiding in my hotel. The town is refreshingly free of things to do, apart from wander around, drink coffee and beer in caf?s, and soak up the ambiance. A dust-choked side trip to the gorgeous Kuangsi waterfalls or a jaunt down the river to the Pak Ou caves, which are crammed with ancient Buddha images, make up the extent of nearby attractions...
...Indeed, Zhao's as user-friendly as a Starbucks coffee shop. There's not the manufacture of Zhang Ziyi, the "wing collar" of Karen Mok, the Monroe of Shu Qi, or the candy-cute of Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi. She doesn't nurture distance with the audience. "She's just like a boy," says Wong Kar-wai. "She tells you everything directly, she talks from the heart. Very few people are born to be an actress, but she's one of them." Anyone for more wine...
This isn’t controversial stuff. Democracy, human rights and civil liberties are good. North Korea selling missiles is evil. Iran arming Palestinian terrorists: evil. Saddam Hussein gassing Kurds, making anthrax and training commando teams to hijack planes (as he did in the Salman Pak neighborhood of Baghdad): very evil. And there is a great big Evil, with a capital “E,” common to all three nations: weapons of mass destruction. Each of these countries is building weapons that, were they to fall into the hands of terrorists or hostile regimes, would threaten...
...only solution to the Indo-Pak conflict is a return to pre-1947 status. Dividing one nation into two countries was a dumb idea, especially since the basis for doing so was religion. India and Pakistan are intrinsically bound by common history and cultural heritage. A formidable number of Muslims decided to stay in India after the partition, confirming the absurdity of carving out two separate countries. There will be no peace unless the countries unite. VASUDEV PARVANI Vancouver, Canada...
From the backseat of the Freeway I thought of Kid Driver--would he get back to Hamilton this afternoon and get to his job? I would. Maybe the surf on Manu Bay would keep him in Raglan and he'd blow off Pak N' Save for the set of waves that he'd come looking for. I hoped...