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...Wages of Quilt Purging the Killing Fields By TOKO SEKIGUCHI/Tokyo...
...unwashed, stringy, chin-length, dirty brown hair is either tucked innocently behind one ear or wisping across his rugged, bearded chin. Dusty is sensitive. He probably plays the banjo and knows how to speak Cherokee. He’s the kind of wilderness man who will throw an old quilt his grandmother stuffed with genuine animal hair in the back of his vintage Ford pick-up (stick shift, ladies, not automatic) and drive you to a remote hilltop were you’ll feast on wild berries and jicama...
...quilt into the washing machine, and it couldn’t handle it and the motor burnt up,” said Lynde, who has responded to calls at Harvard. “We’ve found fireplaces where they’d put a log on and not open the flue, or they’d have things hanging down [in front of the fire...
...explained at a reading for WordsWorth Books last week. As an inquisitive audience grilled him on Afghanistan, his time there and the lessons he learned, his humanity spilled out and he spoke as someone who lost a cherished friend in Massoud. He discussed the “patchwork quilt of control” in Afghanistan and how the United States left the country to rot and fend for itself after the Russians pulled out in the 1980s: “We supported the war, but not the peace.” Junger now sees his tour as a chance...
...been folded operational arms of the Federal Government like FEMA. That may be a mistake. If there is one thing more depressing than the number of reports on homeland security, it is the unanimity of their conclusions. At present, coordination simply doesn't happen; homeland defense is a patchwork quilt made by an inept seamstress. Some stories would be funny if they weren't being told against a backdrop of tragedy. There was the recent joint exercise of the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, during which agents argued for an hour over who was in charge...