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...Sabah factions have been hurt by President Bush's saying that the gulf war was not fought in order to bring democracy to Kuwait. The Secretary of State has admitted that Kuwait's government is not 'the optimum type of regime,' but when the President, who's considered a saint in Kuwait, downplayed democracy, the Emir won a cushion that will protect him at least until the '92 vote...
Actually, that should be Sankt-Peterburg, which is the Dutch name Peter the Great gave the city when he founded it in 1703 on a swamp on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. Choosing a European version of his patron saint's name to underscore his cosmopolitan ambitions, Peter built the elegant port as a window to the West, intending to yank his fusty country toward the future. When the Russians went to war against Germany in 1914, the city's Teutonic appellation suddenly became politically incorrect. Emperor Nicholas II's solution was to Russify the name, making...
...respect for the author. Notwithstanding the narrow-sightedness, self-righteousness and infuriating egotism that pervade Chutzpah, a quasi-autobiographical reflection on being Jewish in America, it's hard for a principled liberal not to like Dershowitz. He is, after all (to use a completely inappropriate metaphor), our patron saint...
...Irish culture is way out of line. I am sure that the overwhelming majority of the 40 million Irish Americans in this country would agree with me as I tell Ms. Zaleskas, "We don't need you to speak for us." As for the rest of the country's Saint Patrick's Day "weekend revelers," party on! Kenneth Smith Vice President Harvard Irish Cultural Society
...merely hope that the first thoughts conjured up by the mention of Saint Patrick's Day are not of Guinness Stout or Bailey's Irish cream...