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...months before the start of the war, I visited a small village on the Iraqi border with Kuwait. The local elder, a spry septuagenarian known as Abu Mohammed, was keenly aware that when the fighting began, his small watermelon farm might be the first piece of Iraqi territory trampled by American tanks. As he cleaned his ancient AK-47, Abu Mohammed admitted that it would be no defense against the world's most powerful military machine. When I asked if he was frightened, he nodded, saying, "Not of the Americans, but of Saddam. If I don't stand and fight...
...Pluto in Exile Why the sudden controversy over Pluto's planetary status after all these years [Aug. 28]? To call it a planet, a watermelon or a beach ball changes nothing. It remains the same object it always was. John M. Reynolds Augusta, Georgia...
...motivation is the same for fundamentalists of all times, places and denominations, whether their symbols are crescent moons or crosses. Denise Bonhomme Sunnyvale, California, U.S. Pluto in Exile Why the sudden controversy over Pluto's planetary status after all these years [Aug. 28]? To call it a planet, a watermelon or a beach ball changes nothing. It remains the same object it always was. John M. Reynolds Augusta, Georgia, U.S. Severgnini's Italia Beppe Severgnini's new book, Label-La Figura, provides a good way to understand Italy [Aug. 28]. He's the best person to describe the highs...
...sudden controversy over Pluto's planetary status after all these years [Aug. 28]? To call Pluto a planet, a watermelon or a beach ball changes nothing. It remains the same object it always...
...men’s table and share their vodka. Instead, most of the invitations I received were of the teeth-sucking variety—tooth-sucking being the Vietnamese equivalent of a wolf whistle. One particularly juicy chat-up line—“Can I have some watermelon?” referring of course to my unfinished plate of fruit—had me sniggering in the suitor’s face. Men, boys, and even occasionally old women disturbed me in parks, in restaurants, on buses—everywhere, as if the appearance of a lone woman...