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...afternoon, most men walking the streets of Sana'a are high, or about to get high - not on any sort of manufactured narcotics, but on khat, a shrub whose young leaves contain a compound with effects similar to those of amphetamines. Khat is popular in many countries of the Arabian peninsula and the Horn of Africa, but in Yemen it's a full-blown national addiction. As much as 90% of men and 1 in 4 women in Yemen are estimated to chew the leaves, storing a wad in one cheek as the khat slowly breaks down into the saliva...
Massimo Calabresi and Michael Weisskopf have hit a home run. Their article has humanized Bush by showing that he did have an independent, forthright side to him and, contrary to opinion, he was principled and respected the law. One wonders what sort of President he would have been if this sort of balanced thinking had been evident during his first term. People never gave Bush enough credit, and this article proves that. Ufoma Joseph Immanuel, LONDON...
...Massimo Calabresi and Michael Weisskopf have hit a home run. Their article has humanized Bush by showing that he did have an independent, forthright side to him and, contrary to opinion, he was principled and respected the law. One wonders what sort of President he would have been if this sort of balanced thinking had been evident during his first term. People never gave Bush enough credit, and this article proves that. Ufoma Joseph Immanuel, London...
Animated feature is the official name these days, but the old tag cartoon suits the sort of CGI movie - your Shrek, your Ice Age - that goes for big laughs extracted from outlandish situations. Nothing wrong with that; cartoon comedy is an honorable, entertaining and often artful confection and has been since the days of Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop and the sublime Daffy Duck. But animation can go deeper, have higher stakes. You see that impulse in parts of nearly every Pixar picture: the first sections of WALL-E and Up have an ambition, a gravity that stretches the format close...
...children will continue to be schooled at the orphanage. An Nhon Dong Elementary has agreed to provide textbooks and send teachers to the center, which some might see as a victory. The children, however, know it is nothing of the sort. Several broke down, says Sister Bao, when they heard that once again they would not be allowed to go to a "normal" school...