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...rice to be handed over to the Somali government. When the Semlow's generator ran out of oil, the pirates accused the crew of hoarding it. One Somali fired a shot through the window on the bridge. "We thought this trip was the end of our lives," remembered able seaman Rashid Juma Mwatuga, 42. In late September the Ibn Batuta, an Egyptian ship carrying cement, appeared on the horizon. "The pirates told me they were going to hijack this passing ship," says Mahalingam. "What could I do?" The pirates jumped into their speedboats. Half an hour later the Egyptian ship...
...EDITOR: John F. Stacks EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Richard Duncan ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITORS: Joelle Attinger, James Kelly, Christopher Porterfield EDITOR AT LARGE: Kurt Andersen EDITORIAL OPERATIONS DIRECTOR: Oliver Knowlton SENIOR EDITORS: Charles P. Alexander, Howard Chua-Eoan, James Collins, Nancy R. Gibbs, S.C. Gwynne, Stephen Koepp, Johanna McGeary, Priscilla Painton, Barrett Seaman, Claudia Wallis ART DIRECTOR: Rudolph C. Hoglund GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Nigel Holmes DESIGN DIRECTOR: Arthur Hochstein...
...Essay "How Bingeing Became the New College Sport" [Aug. 29], Barrett Seaman suggests that the drinking age be lowered to 18 or 19. Finally, an adult who has the right idea about teenagers! Too many of Seaman's peers think the problem of teenage drinking can be handled by making it illegal to drink until age 21. But any adult who assumes that a law can prevent teen drinking is naive. Teenagers, especially the 18- and 19-year-old group, do not need to be protected by adults; they need to be taught how to protect themselves. Maybe then...
...LORRAINE SEAMAN...
...Barrett Seaman, a former TIME editor and correspondent, is the author of Binge: What Your College Student Won't Tell...