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...road for six months at a time, the only place they now think of as home is their son's property at Australind, near Bunbury, 2,000 km down the road. "This beach area hasn't changed at all," says Wilson, fishing from the comfort of a deck chair. Wilson was a regular visitor to this beach when he worked at Newman's iron ore mine. Born in Wigan, England, he came to Australia in 1969. "But you definitely now see more people on the road around here." On the way north to Broome, the beaches offer solitude and bountiful...
...offer is too low. Sometimes there's a bit of to-and-fro in the bidding, such as on a freezer chest that eventually fetches $620. But often any bid will do. A chair goes for a buck. A tarpaulin, a wheelbarrow, a birdcage, a garden sprayer and a chainsaw that doesn't work each fetch a pittance-but for the owners, the point is they're gone. Bidders have traveled as far as 25 km on the hunt for a bargain...
...your phasers to sell. Star Trek-abilia, including Spock's ears and Captain Kirk's chair, went on display in London last week to gear up for an October auction marking the series' 40th birthday...
...reports about the treatment of suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay are deeply disturbing [July 10]. The practice of restraining a person in a padded chair in order to force-feed him via a nasogastric tube is revolting. As a doctor, I am shocked that our government would abuse someone in such a way; as a Muslim, I am frightened that presumed religious fundamentalists have been so psychologically and physically tortured that they have tried to kill themselves (suicide, according to Islam, sends one straight to hell); and as a U.S. citizen, I am upset and find it morally...
...will tell you how you can complain even more effectively. So go ahead. Whine away. But for the love of Jean, Meheba, and the millions of refugees in the world, appreciate it and act accordingly first. Aria S. K. Laskin ’08, a Fifteen Minutes associate chair, is a history and literature concentrator in Cabot House. Should you want to answer her postcard call, her e-mail is laskin@fas.harvard.edu...