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...demonstration breaks up after another speaker says Pakistan's president Perez Musharraf is destined to "die like a dog" for promising to support the US in its military operations. A small group of youths tear off down the narrow alleys, overturning fruit carts and banging on the metal shutters of the small shops. But the helmeted riot police do not intervene - they know that today was little more than a stage rehearsal for the anger and violent protests expected after the bombs start falling. And then there will be no apologizing for stepping on someone else's foot...
...cult piece on college campuses, where feminism, for some young women, has become a dirty word. Ensler originally did the play as a one-woman show, but it is now usually played with a cast of three. Innumerable celebrities have performed in it, including Whoopi Goldberg, Glenn Close, Rosie Perez, Jane Fonda, Calista Flockhart and Kate Winslet...
Chris Rock's voice is a marvel in and of itself, an unlikely fusion of gravel and pipsqueakitude. Always shouting but miraculously never hoarse, he's the bastard vocal son of Redd Foxx and Rosie Perez. And when it comes to American Bestness, Rock may be this project's least controversial selection. After all, TIME has already labeled the 35-year-old comedian "the funniest man in America" in a previous issue. His professed admirers include peers such as Woody Allen ("I'd love to work with him"), Richard Pryor ("Does he remind me of me? I'm afraid...
...education has been the most valuable tool in enabling us to succeed in the U.S. As a physician, I understand the need to improve life on the border. These underdeveloped areas need more money for schools, health care and job creation--and the water necessary to survive. JUAN R. PEREZ, M.D. El Paso, Texas...
...simple government-to-government diplomacy has failed. Annan has proved singularly adept on that front - indeed, the ringing endorsements of his second term and complete absence of hostility from any quarter speaks to his almost implausible popularity across all geopolitical boundaries. Of course his immediate predecessors - Boutros-Gali, Javier Perez de Cuellar and Kurt Waldheim - all performed the diplomatic role with dour sobriety, Annan has reinvented the role in keeping with the founding principles of the United Nations...