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...just finished reading your story on servicemen in Okinawa and the rape case involving a male African-American Air Force staff sergeant and a young Japanese woman [WORLD, Aug. 27]. Thank you for a balanced article. I am a former Marine, and was stationed on Okinawa in 1996-97. The shock and shame from the 1995 rape of a 12-year-old girl by three servicemen were still reverberating then. All the same, I am sick and tired of articles that portray our military men as violent and the Okinawan women as innocent schoolgirls. Ninety-nine percent of the servicemen...
...Thank you, TIME, for publicizing an important issue to a largely unaware and indifferent public. Now that African art and culture are coming into their own, we Africans ought to realize who we are and solidify our standing in a world that is dominated by Western civilization and thought. It is a pity that this treasure trove is being plundered by its own keepers. While it is sad, how can we really blame poverty-stricken subsistence farmers in an oil-rich economy for plundering the earth if Nigerian leaders leave a legacy of thoughtless actions? EDOZIE N. UMEH Lagos...
...Thank you, Charles Krauthammer, for your commentary "In Defense of 'Assassination,'" supporting Israel's targeted response to Palestinian bombers [VIEWPOINT, Aug. 27]. Israel is responding as the U.S. would to stave off the wave of indiscriminate acts by Palestinian suicide bombers, who are not martyrs but murderers. The only reason Israel is negotiating is that it wants peace. RON GALLOP New York City...
...were sitting drinking!” Not quite the right words, but certainly an apt description. Such an indiscretion never would have happened if the Eliot House bands had somehow ended up playing Memorial Church. Those lucky enough to have spent time in Eliot courtyard that night should thank the dean who wouldn’t allow...
...observance. It should have been a time of reflection when students could remember the innocent souls who lost their lives. It should have been a day when we could pay our respects to the victims. It should have been a day for the lucky ones among us to thank God that our families and our friends were spared and that the damage was not any worse than...