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...spite of our bad reputation and my own hesitation, having a close circle of female friends was the best part of my fall. We have a book group and several breakfast clubs. We dine out and venture downtown. We’re big on dating and Degas, know the Starbucks staff by name, and are happy doing most anything together, simply NO BOYS ALLOWED. These same three words, in careful pink cursive, decorated the front of my backyard barn, circa summer 1996. While there may no longer be such signage today, testosterone is once again being checked at the door...
Cheaper air travel and a lavish expansion of facilities in recent times mean the number of pilgrims to Mecca for the annual hajj festival now regularly totals around 2.5 million. In spite of improved safety precautions, the death last week of 363 visitors in a stampede during the "stoning of the devil" ritual is an all-too familiar tragedy. DECEMBER 1975 Some 200 pilgrims camped at Mina, east of Mecca, die when a cooking-gas cylinder explodes, sparking a fire that sweeps through the tent city NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1979 127 troops and 26 civilians die in fighting at Mecca...
...MOTTO: "Those who have successfully overcome victimhood force themselves in directions they know are healthy, in spite of tremendous doubts and fears that pull them back...
...mission through in Iraq. And I say this as a father whose son will be entering the Army in 2007 and could go to Iraq before the war is over. We are making progress, despite what the spineless members of both parties in Congress want to acknowledge and in spite of the mass media that seem to be rooting for our failure. The consequences of pulling out too soon would be terrible, not only for Iraq but also for the U.S. Instead of talking about leaving, we need to go about winning. Bryan Boyd Bristol, Tennessee, U.S. The Middle East...
...mission through in Iraq. And I say this as a father whose son will be entering the Army in 2007 and could go to Iraq before the war is over. We are making progress, despite what the spineless members of both parties in Congress want to acknowledge and in spite of the mass media that seem to be rooting for our failure. The consequences of pulling out too soon would be terrible, not only for Iraq but also for the U.S. Instead of talking about leaving, we need to go about winning. Bryan Boyd Bristol, Tennessee...