Word: persian
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...they imagine, by evolution being expelled from schools while prayer is ushered back in)--while the Arab world despises us as purveyors of secularism. We cannot win for losing. We are widely reviled as enemies of Islam, yet in the 1990s we engaged three times in combat - in the Persian Gulf and in the Balkans - to rescue Kuwait, Bosnia and Kosovo, Muslim peoples all. And in the last two cases, there was nothing in it for the U.S.; it was humanitarianism and good international citizenship of the highest order...
...they imagine, by evolution being expelled from schools while prayer is ushered back in)--while the Arab world despises us as purveyors of secularism. We cannot win for losing. We are widely reviled as enemies of Islam, yet in the 1990s we engaged three times in combat--in the Persian Gulf and in the Balkans--to rescue Kuwait, Bosnia and Kosovo, Muslim peoples all. And in the last two cases, there was nothing in it for the U.S.; it was humanitarianism and good international citizenship of the highest order...
Foreign policy never seems to come easily to the Bush Administration. Consider the controversial light-water nuclear plant that Iran is building, with Russian help, at the Persian Gulf port of Bushehr. The prospect of Iran's mullahs controlling a 1,000-MW reactor capable of generating plutonium has worried Washington for years. With Tehran facing an Oct. 31 deadline for coming clean on its nuclear ventures, you'd think the Administration would have a clear take on Bushehr. Think again. There's the conciliatory view: "We could conceive of them keeping the reactor," says a senior State Department aide...
...Dubai: Wild Wadi At this Arabian Nights-themed water park, Western teenagers in bikinis and Arab girls in modest swimwear enjoy simulated white-water rapids, tidal waves and underground rivers. The brave shoot down the Jumeirah Sceirah water slide at 80 km/h. Information: Western shore of Persian Gulf, near Burj al Arab and Jumeirah Beach resort hotels. Adults $32, 4-12s $27; tel: (971-4) 348 4444; www.wildwadi.com Tokyo: Ice Cream City Try the stretchy Turkish soft-serve and the Korean ice cone. Feeling brave? The 380 homegrown flavors include octopus, chicken wings and cow's tongue. Information: Namjatown...
...DUBAI: WILD WADI At this Arabian Nights-themed water park, Western teenagers in bikinis and Arab girls in modest swimwear enjoy simulated white-water rapids, tidal waves and underground rivers. The brave shoot down the Jumeirah Sceirah water slide at 80 km/h. Information: Western shore of Persian Gulf, near Burj al Arab and Jumeirah Beach resort hotels. Adults $32, 4-12s $27; tel: (971-4) 348 4444; www.wildwadi.com...