Manning the Dead Zone (Part II...

Oct 4, 2007 by

Share Part I of this piece is the August 4 entry CONSECUTIVE DAYS of sentry duty took their toll, especially when the shifts were...

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Manning the Dead Zone (Part II...

Sep 4, 2007 by

ShareThe first part of this piece is the August 4 entry THE OTHER CONSCRIPTS in my outpost, many of whom had been stationed on the...

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Manning the Dead Zone (Part I)

Aug 4, 2007 by

Share(see Three Months in the Life of the Cypriot National Guard for a preface to this piece) IN THE CYPRIOT National Guard, all of...

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Booze Therapy

Nov 4, 2006 by

ShareI HAVE attended a half dozen or so European Union press events over the past year, most of which have taken place in Brussels,...

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The Case Against Toilet Paper

Apr 4, 2006 by

ShareONE OF THE great illusions of the last century that persists to this day is the belief that toilet paper is a hygienic necessity...

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The Art of Deferral

Jan 4, 2006 by

ShareUPON READING Harold Pinter’s recent Literature Nobel Prize speech, a denunciation of US foreign policy, I thought I would focus...

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Egész Seggedre

Oct 4, 2005 by

ShareA CURIOUS THING happened to me about a week ago for taking to heart the adage When in Rome, do as the Romans do. I was traveling...

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