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...cash in your pocket is for groceries and train tickets, for a schoolchild's spending money or a handout to a beggar. It gets rolled up for snorting drugs, or lost for years under sofa cushions. Shop clerks and bank tellers at the end of the day have to scrub off the black grime money imparts to their hands. But last week, when 12 European nations rolled out the single currency euro notes and coins, those intrinsically cheap little tokens - inoffensively illustrated with maps or imaginary monuments - managed to make Europeans feel they were part of something rather grand. Maybe...
What downtime there was, Mike spent at the firehouse, catnapping on the sofa or curbside, consoling the neighbors who came bearing quilts and clean socks and underwear. On days off, the men brought food and reassurance to the homes of their missing co-workers. E.J. felt guilty calling the firehouse during that time--after all, her husband was still alive--and Mike rarely checked in with...
...getting the recognition she deserves--reporters often come to sit on her sofa and chat--but the future of the nation's women remains uncertain. The interim government has two women in leadership roles, but in a chilling echo of the past, the Northern Alliance has asked for the names of the 4,000 women in her civil rights group. Still, Parlika is hopeful that this time her work will bear fruit. "This is just the beginning," she says...
...felt myself lifted. He was carrying me to the sofa. Then I felt the length of his hard, sinewy body pressing against mine. Feebly I tried to push his hands away, but I didn’t really want to. And then—dot dot dot—we were One, capital O, exclamation mark...
...sparked a crisis in U.S.-Japan relations. For four days after an arrest warrant was issued on July 2, the U.S. refused to hand Woodland over to Okinawa police, infuriating Okinawans and many other Japanese. Under the Status of Forces Agreement between Japan and the U.S.--the so-called SOFA, which dictates service members' legal rights in Japan--those charged with a criminal offense are protected from incarceration by the Japanese until after they are indicted. Among the reasons for this is the long, isolating detention period, which the U.S. considers overly harsh. It was only after a 12-year...