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...that case he must love Chechnya. Expecting a quick victory, Yeltsin sent the Russian army in 20 months ago to put down the Chechens' independence drive; it has been a tragic mess ever since. Russian artillery and bombs have blasted cities and villages to rubble, but the ill-trained Russian infantry has proved no match for the fast-moving, highly motivated Chechens. In a ferocious surprise attack begun Aug. 6 to embarrass Yeltsin at his inaugural, Chechen fighters succeeded in reversing the course of the war, driving thousands of Russian troops--and desperate civilians--out of Grozny, inflicting hundreds...
...Dadi "the French 'flat-picking guitarist' " is tantamount to calling Babe Ruth one of the all-time great Brooklyn Dodgers. Finger-style players create a sound so different from that produced by flat pickers that to mistake the two is almost blasphemous. The world of music has suffered a tragic loss. We will certainly miss you, Marcel! SAMUEL A. SIMOWITZ Savannah, Georgia...
...another wave of ska is cresting. It started in the late '80s with such groups as Fishbone (yes, that group has a new CD out too) and the Toasters. It continues today with No Doubt, which has an uneven album, Tragic Kingdom, in Billboard's Top 10, fueled by a superb new single, Spiderwebs; Rancid, the terrific punk-ska band featured on this year's Lollapalooza tour; Sublime; and numerous ska-compilation CDs that showcase up-and-comers. Two fine ones worth seeking out: Ska the Third Wave Vol. 2, with songs by such acts as Mock Turtle Soup...
...movies' most valuable gifts. The film is a Big variant--a kid inhabiting a grownup's body and getting into all sorts of trouble as a result. But we're not talking about an ill-considered wish going merrily awry here. We're talking about a tragic illness. For Jack doesn't just get older and hairier, he keeps aging at four times the normal rate. This means, of course, that he is something like 70 years old by the time he graduates from high school--and will probably be dead by the time his classmates hit grad school...
...freedom that we enjoy in America must come at a price, then the tragic events of recent weeks have demonstrated just how high that price...