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...walking to the polls to exercise their right to vote in the face of death threats, bombs and with entire families in jeopardy. To vote in spite of all that takes courage above and beyond what most Americans would show today. The Iraqis expressed the true spirit of democracy. Skip Hall Columbiana, Alabama, U.S. The election in Iraq was a fraud. Many of the candidates and party platforms were secret. It was similar to the rigged 1967 election in South Vietnam that brought to power the corrupt President Nguyen Van Thieu. Roedy Green Victoria, Canada Although the Iraqis faced terrorist...
...side in the Chinese civil war gets off too gently, but later became a best seller. The original has been trimmed considerably by the respected American translator Howard Goldblatt, though it's still a monster, with scores of characters and more action than an Indiana Jones movie. "You can skip my other novels, but you must read Big Breasts and Wide Hips," Goldblatt quotes the author as saying. "In it I wrote about history, war, politics, hunger, religion, love and sex." Ah, sex. Goldblatt is a bit worried about that. Said the translator in an interview: "I'm afraid...
...SKIP HALL Columbiana...
...broke to pay for a fancy meal at Top of the Hub this Valentine’s Day? FM suggests an expense that will keep on giving. This Feb. 14, skip the foreplay and head straight to the main course. Three beds that make University-issued extra longs into destinations...
...protest, people had been called to pray, fast, dress in black (one woman wore nothing but red-white-and-blue underpants), turn their backs, skip work, boycott gas, spend "Not One Damn Dime" to bring the economy to a halt for a day of lament. There were flags burned and snowballs thrown, much jostling, some pepper spray. The satirical Billionaires for Bush auctioned off Social Security and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before moving on to their Re-Coronation Ball (its code: "Dress to oppress"). The spirit of the First Amendment floated down Pennsylvania Avenue, between protesters chanting "Racist, sexist...