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A Shot in the Dark

Submitted by Ali on Mon, 2006-03-27 23:56

If you are of first-generation Middle Eastern immigrant parents, you know the situation I am about to describe.

Rumsfeld: Iraqis Now Capable Of Conducting War Without U.S. Assistance

Submitted by Ali on Mon, 2006-03-27 07:49

March 17, 2006 | The Onion

WASHINGTON, DC—Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday that escalating violence in Iraq demonstrates that the Iraqi population is now capable of waging the Iraq war without outside military aid, and pronounced the American mission there “a complete success.”

The Hollow Men, T. S. Eliot (1925)

Submitted by Ali on Mon, 2006-03-27 07:02

I

We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!
Our dried voices, when
We whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass
Or rats’ feet over broken glass

Priceless

Submitted by Ali on Tue, 2006-03-21 20:04

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    • Learn Spanish Abroad

    Submitted by Ali on Mon, 2006-01-02 01:00

    This is my favorite Spanish language school:

    www.Beraca.net

    He's Crossing the Pacific, Step by Step

    Submitted by Ali on Thu, 2000-03-30 22:37

    March 6, 2000 | THE NEW YORK TIMES

    OFF THE COAST OF MARINA DEL REY, Calif., March 4 — Remy Bricka is a pleasant man who brings to mind a cheerful uncle who would drop $5 where a kid could find it. “He seems like such a normal guy” is how Alice Leahey, a vice commodore at the California Yacht Club, put it.

    Sister Nicky's visit

    Submitted by Ali on Mon, 1999-05-10 20:20

    See the pics here

    Searching for Lorena Bobbitt

    Submitted by Ali on Fri, 1995-04-28 03:12
    A. Torkzadeh in Bucay, Ecuador. In search of Lorena Bobbitt.

    Bucay, Ecuador, April 1995—Their country is on the brink of war with neighboring Peru, but for the people of this tiny town the burning topic of conversation continues to be the town’s most famous former resident: Lorena Bobbitt.

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