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...posted profiles belong to paying members. The rest belong to trial users who may not be able to reply until they commit to a monthly fee. Orr's dry writing style won't sweep you off your feet, but Meeting, Mating and Cheating gives an insightful portrait of cyberdating...
Predicting a quick victory, Mather also required that Kirkland hang a portrait of a Mather resident in its Junior Common Room—although they have yet to name the Matherite whose picture will serve as a “permanent reminder of the folly of [Kirkland’s] war mongering...
Girl with a Pearl Earring, which concerns the Vermeer portrait of a delicate young woman with an intense gaze, was all sublimated passion and quiet decorum. The Lady and the Unicorn centers on the series of tapestries that today hang in Paris' Musee National du Moyen Age depicting a woman's seduction of a unicorn. Not surprisingly, the proceedings are more overtly carnal. The story begins in 1490 when the painter Nicolas des Innocents, whose appetites pointedly contradict his name, is commissioned by the wealthy Parisian Jean Le Viste to design six tapestries glorifying the nobleman's status at court...
Your article "Portrait of a Platoon," about the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division Survey Platoon, nicknamed the Tomb Raiders, was thought-provoking [Dec. 29--Jan. 5]. After I read the profiles of platoon members, I felt I knew them like my family. Every American should be proud of them. The account of how TIME journalists Michael Weisskopf and James Nachtwey were injured after Weisskopf grabbed a grenade thrown into their humvee, saving the lives of several soldiers, gave sharp insight into what is really going on in Iraq. I understood what our troops face every day. Thank...
...dispassionate reading of your Portrait of Tomb Raider platoon leader Second Lieut. Benjamin Colgan, who was killed while on patrol, left me wanting to salute the memory of people like this brave soldier. He represents those stationed on all the battlefields of contemporary history who are defending liberty. Colgan's life and sacrifice offer a testament to courage and patriotism. EMMANUEL FRANKLYNE OGBUNWEZEH Frankfurt, Germany...