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Such tales strain credulity, both because they are so shocking and because every war produces stories of atrocities that are later called into question. But similar accounts were common in the liberated city, and there was no reason to doubt them. Almost everyone on the street last week spoke of...
Even before the ground campaign began, the war had been won to a greater extent than allied commanders would let themselves hope. It was known that five weeks of bombing had destroyed much of the Iraqis' armor and artillery. But not until coalition soldiers could see the corpses piled in...
Fairy tales in the West begin, "Once upon a time." In the Arab world they start, "Kan ya makan." The words mean "There was, there was not." That is, maybe it happened. On the other hand, maybe it didn't happen. Now you see it, now you don't.
As a Rhodes scholar at Oxford in 1986, Wolf had planned to write about the theme of beauty in literature. The Beauty Myth began taking shape when she heard someone remark that she had won the scholarship because of her looks. Says Wolf: "I had an image of the documents...
Occasionally the emotions of the singers clash with those of the songs. While Brad Rouse sings beautifully, his constant cheerfulness mutes the disturbing tale about a dying, guilt-ridden knight in "Two Fairy Tales." As a result, that story fails to contrast the appropriate flightiness of Cori Lynn Peterson's...