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...Power Politics in Taiwan Your report on Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian's plan for a referendum on China's missiles and hints of independence was off the mark with regard to the political reality in Taiwan [Dec. 15]. You underestimated the judgment of the Taiwanese by describing Chen as a manipulative politician. In my view, he is a defender of human rights and democracy. I cherish Taiwan's open and sometimes rowdy democracy, which is in contrast to the previous, autocratic regime. Our society is maturing politically as it faces all kinds of daily challenges. The pace of progress...
...Vote: What Now for Pete Rose? - See where you stand in regard to other sports fans on 10 poll questions about the Rose affair...
...Symbols are tricky. They mean different things to different people. In France, those wearing a head scarf, yarmulke or crucifix see these adornments as symbols of personal devotion to Islam, Judaism or Catholicism. But members of the French political and intellectual establishment regard them as deliberate challenges to the secular nature of the republic. Americans, meanwhile, think of skyscrapers as testaments to the can-do spirit of American capitalism. (The Empire State Building was erected during the Great Depression!) Islamic fundamentalists, as we learned two years ago, see skyscrapers as idolatrous emblems of a society that serves Mammon rather than...
...G.I.s learned fast, but the British continued to regard the Americans as junior partners long after American divisions were teaching their German enemies lessons in mobility and maneuvers. It was the Americans who led the breakout from Normandy. It was American parachutists who seized all their objectives at Nijmegen and Eindhoven while the British parachutists were defeated at Arnheim in the same operation...
...governor of the provincial capital, Gardez. Special-forces teams that operate out of a fortress near Gardez maintained a hands-off policy toward Jalani. They say he might have set up illegal roadblocks to extort money from travelers, as many local commanders do, but they don't regard him as a terrorist. Later, local security officials said, U.S. forces were surprised when orders came to target Jalani. During the three-hour air and ground assault, the wall of a house collapsed on the eight victims. U.S. spokesmen said the damage was caused by secondary explosions from the hidden arsenal...