Vol. VIII, No. 6, June 2002
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MemorialsGrieving and remembering are just one use of the area, and should take their place as part of the entire skein of ongoing downtown New York life, next to flirting, lunch, bargaining, jokes, business meetings and playgrounds.
A Memorial That Works
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by Matthew Hogan "Cowardliness" does not mean "boldness in a bad purpose". |
by Tommy Ates The Saudi royal families are the 'dark horse' in the conflict, perhaps ultimately deciding whether Arafat is rendered obsolete. |
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by Evan Maloney Israel would be crazy to sign a peace deal with Arafat. |
by Ben G. Price Corporations don't habeas corpus. |
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by Annette Swierzbinski By believing the lies, we buy into hatred, mistrust, fear and anger. |
by Seth Finkelstein The Internet Content Rating Association imposes a gag order on users. |
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by Gina Varolli The US is one of the few industrialized nations that does not provide free higher education to its citizens. |
by John Spragge Returning to Canada after a six-year absence leads me to think about the reasons people come, and go, and even leave without crossing the border. |
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by Farhad Mafie The first and only time that Ayatollah Khomeini smiled was when he sat next to Mr. Arafat in Tehran in 1979. |
The American electorate is mostly semi-literate, uncultured and generally ignorant. |
I would love this book even if
my brother Joe hadn't written it....
Its a funny and nuanced children's story about a kid who believes
he's too big and noisy, and a revelation that comes when he visits
Africa with his parents.
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