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Dear TIME, I am writing you because I need some information, and according to your TV commercials, you know what's happening on your world. Before the little ones are old enough to slither away, I would like to visit earth, show them the sights of Disneyland, let my other half wander through Bloomingdale's, and do some shopping for myself at Radio Shack. But I have been watching your television for years, and if your movies are any indication, it seems that though earth may be a nice place to live, it is not a good place for aliens...
...Slither...
...violence and riots occur in the same India that boasts of an ancient civilization, a secular society and unity in diversity? Is this the country of the great Mohandas Gandhi, who stood alone in front of pre-partition mobs and made them slither away whimpering? It is really surprising that not a single politician went into these troubled areas to dissuade the fanatics. Compare this with the situation in America following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, in which thousands of innocents were killed. We remember with gratitude the tremendous restraint shown by most Americans toward Muslims residing...
...When someone's microrecorder clips my right ear rather painfully, I finally decide I've had enough, so I shove, as violently as I possibly can, against the human wall. It gives slightly, just enough to allow me to slither to freedom. As I burst out of the crowd, I hear someone saying, "You think this is bad, wait till the finals tomorrow...
...capacity crowd of about 350 students came for an eleven-course meal, but the after-dinner entertainment put the slither in the Year of the Snake celebration...