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Another day, another parade. With war approaching, the Iraqi government and Saddam Hussein?s Ba?ath Party are staging massive demonstrations of public confidence and preparedness around the country. And to make sure the world (read: Washington) gets the message, the authorities are dropping their usual restrictions and allowing foreign...
Generally, if you?ve seen one parade, you?ve seen them all. But today?s show is special: it?s being staged in the lair of the lion - Saddam Hussein?s hometown of Tikrit. Only a two-hour drive north of Baghdad, the city has been out of bounds for...
That's what we thought, anyway. Alas, reality proved us wrong. Rather than give us the freedom to explore the city, the authorities have decreed that we are to drive straight to Tikrit?s parade stadium (every Iraqi city worth its salt has one), then straight back to Baghdad. No...
Like FSU, Harvard needs a large public space to foster the sort of daytime socializing necessary to lay the foundations for raucous nighttime partying. In Tallahassee, this function is served by the local grocery store, Publix, which was recently voted the best place in America to find a date by...
The marchers in the New Year’s Eve parade felt no such compulsion, though. They did not guard their cardboard boats against the incipient wet; they did not scaffold their trash-bag puppets against the breeze. You might call this lack of prudence foolhardy, but you did not...