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After all the howls of outrage, there was no sigh of relief when the truth came out. First, a 23-year-old woman named Marie Leblanc riveted France with a horrific tale: six ethnic-Arab and black youths had attacked her on a train near Paris, she claimed on July 9, because they took her for a Jew. They lacerated her skin, shredded her clothes, hacked off her hair, drew swastikas on her body and manhandled her 13-month-old baby while fellow passengers looked away. Appalled, President Jacques Chirac denounced the "anti-Semitic aggression this young woman...
...religious comix. Of course, they come from Japan. For the most part, American religious comicbooks are either pious adapted bible stories handed out at Sunday school or those notorious Jack T. Chick tracts ("This Was Your Life," "Bad Bob," "Doom Town") you find left behind in ATM booths and train station waiting rooms. Surprisingly, for a country founded the exploration of religious beliefs America has yet to produce many artful, thoughtful explorations of spirituality in its comix. For that we must turn to Osamu Tezuka...
...even though no one had gone back to sleep since the early morning downpour, and even though my socks were still soaking wet, and even though all we had left was bagels to get us through another two ferry rides, three train rides, and a bus ride back—I had to admit that this student was right...
...popular two-year-old service that identifies the names and artists of songs. AQA has given rise to what Myers calls "ego texting,'' in which twentysomethings "look for fame" by showing off to their friends that AQA knows something about them. People can also check practical information such as train schedules and event listings, but AQA will only go so far on some subjects. It will not provide legal or financial advice. On sexual matters, it might give an opinion on whether size matters, but "if someone asks us how to locate a prostitute, we won't answer,'' says Myers...
...Iraq, Chirac was similarly destructive of any realistic NATO help in democratic nation building. He spearheaded the vetoing of any NATO troops going to Iraq. The most that President Bush could get was an agreement to train Iraqi troops, but Chirac insisted the training be undertaken not by NATO as an organization (only by NATO countries individually) and not in Iraq itself. He suggested Rome. Nice for sightseeing, but hardly the most efficient and cost-effective way to train the Iraqi police and army...