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...human spirit." The book is written in the same brusque style, and its language can get a little profane. The introduction to poulet rôti gently proclaims, "If you can't properly roast a damn chicken then you're one helpless, hopeless, sorry-ass bivalve in an apron." Pearl onions are "little f____ers." And butter should be formed into a log "like you would roll a joint" for the faux-filet au beurre rouge. Betty Crocker...
...stakes were surely higher than they are now. The casualty levels of the war on terrorism, regrettable as they are, have not approached those of other conflicts. We got through them. This has been a politically contentious time, but were we to face another crisis on the scale of Pearl Harbor or 9/11, Americans would get over it, whoever might be in office. Our domestic political campaign was a war of words. If we exaggerate its importance, as your cover does, we increase the danger that a more destructive divisiveness will rise among us. Joseph R. Stains Homer City...
...ASIM GHAFOOR, Islamic militant allegedly linked to the outlaw group Harakatul Mujahideen; after being shot by police; in Islamabad. Pakistani officials claim that Ghafoor had ties to Amjad Farooqi, a suspected al-Qaeda operative killed in September who was wanted in connection with the 2002 killing of journalist Daniel Pearl as well as two assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf. Deputy inspector general of police Javed Ali Shah Bokhari said Ghafoor "had a role in all terrorist activities orchestrated by [Farooqi...
MAJOR PROJECTS: The controversial Three Gorges Dam will be the biggest power plant in the world when it is completed in 2009. Another major hydroelectric project, the Longtan hydropower station on the Pearl River, is scheduled for completion...
...stakes were surely higher than they are now. The casualty levels of the war on terrorism, regrettable as they are, have not approached those of other conflicts. We got through them. This has been a politically contentious time, but were we to face another crisis on the scale of Pearl Harbor or 9/11, Americans would get over it, whoever might be in office. Our domestic political campaign was a war of words. If we exaggerate its importance, as you do, we increase the danger that a more destructive divisiveness will rise among us. JOSEPH R. STAINS Homer City...