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...Turkish ferry hijacked by Chechen sympathizers continues to steam towards Istanbul, Turkish officials appear close to resolving the crisis. The hijackers have offered to release all hostages in Istanbul in return for a Friday news conference to publicize the plight of Chechnya. Turkish officials, who say that they will not let a ship that the hijackers say is packed with explosives sail through the crowded Bosporus straits to Istanbul, have offered the port city of Eregli as an alternative site. While this hostage crisis seems headed to a peaceful end, TIME's James Wilde says that its effects will...
Again, the ghost smiled--if you can call it that--and seemed to understand my plight...
BARBARA EHRENREICH'S MASTERLY SUMmary of Princess Di's plight [ESSAY, Dec. 18] and Ehrenreich's premise that the "only honest description of [Diana's] occupation would have to be 'hired womb'" was right on the mark. I would add that Di was no ordinary broodmare, since her progeny will sit on England's throne as long as it endures. As such a benefactor, she is certainly entitled to enormous perks in the form of a comfortable life, cashmere included. JACK K. KOOK Newton, New Jersey...
...explained why, even as the top marginal tax rate has fallen for the past 14 years, the taxpayers who have benefited the most--those who earn $125,000 or more a year--still give only 3.3% to charity, including cultural institutions like orchestras that do not address the plight of the poor...
...other hand, Lucia Brawley's Jane was pleasant to watch. Well cast as a beautiful, sweet dancer, Brawley was the most able of the cast to hold the stage. Unfortunately she was forced to say some of the most ridiculous lines of the play, mostly concerning the plight of the Arab-American woman. Sometimes one wondered whether or not Shamieh was making fun of Jane: "I'm neither Arab nor American. I'm myself...