'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Weekly Review
HARPER'S WEEKLY REVIEW
September 24, 2002
President George W. Bush challenged the United Nations to
prove that it is "a force for good and peace" and not "an
ineffective debating society"; he said that America must
overthrow Saddam Hussein because "it's time for us to secure
the peace"; and he demanded that Congress give him unlimited
power to make war.
Iraq agreed to readmit United Nations
weapons inspectors without conditions, but the White House
denounced the offer as a stalling tactic and insisted that
inspections would never work anyway.
The Pentagon presented
the President with detailed invasion plans, and Saudi Arabia
agreed to allow American forces to attack Iraq from bases
there but only if the United Nations blesses the war.
Congressional Democrats explained that they were reluctant
to oppose the war with Iraq because of the November
election.
The six Arab men from Lackawanna, New York, who
were accused of being a secret Al Qaeda cell were charged
with "providing material support" to terrorists under the
1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, which a
federal judge recently declared "unconstitutional on its
face." The government admitted it had no evidence of any
specific crime that the men were planning to commit, though
prosecutors alluded to "catastrophes of biblical
proportion."
Almost 15 million people in southern Africa are
in danger of starving, the head of the World Food Program
said, and Ethiopia announced that it was running out of
food.
McDonald's recalled 100,000 "bobble head dolls"
because they contain hazardous amounts of lead.
The New
England Journal of Medicine published a study concluding
that an overly clean household environment can lead to
allergies and asthma in children.
Rats were said to be
overrunning the mansions of Beverly Hills. Guidelines for
vaccinating the entire population of the United States for
smallpox in five days were sent to state health
commissioners.
The fourth annual East Coast Bigfoot
Conference and Expo was held in Pennsylvania.
The World
Sheepdog Trials in Bala, Wales, were disrupted by a
low-flying military jet.
A magpie stole and ate a
73-year-old Dutchman's artificial toe.
Continued at www.harpers.org/weekly-review
-- Roger D. Hodge
Reader Commentary
from Rob
I've been watching this wrangler 5 star denim jeans commercial for a while
now, and every time I see it I feel a part of the past being distorted.
The sound track to these flag waving drones is CCR's "Fortunate
Son"...which in part goes: "Some folks are born made to wave the
flag, oh, they're red white and blue..." The part that's missing: "It ain't
me..." is conveniently edited out.
To subjugate a PROTEST song to shilling shitty jeans and the american way
breaks my heart. This song, and others of the same period fueled a
generation to speak up and out about what was wrong with america.....What's
next? Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Ohio" as a soundtrack for a Disney
commercial?!
Please......
~~ Rob
Turtopia - Turtle rescue, rehab and rehoming
Thanks, Rob!
While I hate music that I love being whored, there have been times I've appreciated hearing snippets in some commercials - BUT - the selective editing is another matter.
Like 'Tide' using 'Up The Country' by Canned Heat. Not that I would want my laundry to take someplace where I never been before...
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
The kid was still home sick & full of snot. Hope he'll be recovered sufficiently to head back to class in the morning.
Been having computer problems for a few days - Omar the tech wizard paid a visit, hope that'll take care of it.
With our small menagerie getting away can present a whole new menu of problems. First Gary was gonna stay here, then he had to bail. Then the nice neighbor-lady said she'd take care of the critters, but she
was in a car accident yesterday, and while not hospitalized, she isn't moving too well. Hell, was getting ready to make plans to take the remaining lizard, the fish & the tarantula to BartFest in Las Vegas this weekend - figured I'd just
leave an open 20-lb bag of cat food for the cats (ha ha), but.... While winding up a mighty fine Italian whine, Virgil has 'volunteered' to be the critter-sitter. Well, so long as he doesn't have to do anything with the spider...LOL
It's going to be a great weekend!
Tonight, Wednesday, CBS is ALL fresh, starting with the season premiere of '60 Minutes II', then the season finale 'Big Brother 3', and a fresh 'Presidio Med'.
Scheduled on a fresh Dave are Reese Witherspoon, race car driver Juan Montoya, and India.Arie.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are Reba McEntire, Alice Cooper, and comic Judah Friedlander.
NBC is also ALL fresh with the season premiere of 'Ed' and then the 2-hour season premiere of 'The West Wing'.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Darrell Hammond, Brittany Snow, and Beck.
Scheduled on a fresh Conan are Jackie Chan, Marlo Thomas, and Ricky Jay.
Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly are Christopher Meloni and Amerie.
ABC is ALL fresh starting with parts 1 & 2 (of 3) for a season premiere of 'My Wife & Kids', then the season premiere of 'The Bachelor', and the series premiere of 'MDs'.
The WB has the movie 'Blade'.
Faux begins with a fresh 'Bernie Mac', then a fresh 'Cedric The Entertainer', followed by a fresh 'Fastlane'.
UPN has a fresh 'Enterprise' then a fresh 'Twilight Zone'.
PBS is rerunning 'Ken Burns' Civil War'.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Big Dog Watch Continues
Bill Clinton In Nigeria
Former president of United States, Bill Clinton, left, is greeted by President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja, Nigeria Tuesday Sept. 24, 2002. Clinton, while delivering a lecture on "Democratization and Economic Development", in Abuja,
urged the Nigerian government to forgive Amina Lawal, who has been sentenced by a Sharia court to death by stoning for bearing a child out of wedlock.
Photo by Saurabh Das
Headlining Benefit for Democrats
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand is emerging from self-imposed retirement as an entertainer to help out her old pals in the Democratic Party.
Two years after bidding farewell to her career as a public performer Streisand will sing nine songs at an upcoming Hollywood benefit for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, organizers said on Tuesday.
The 60-year-old entertainer, a long-time democrat, will headline the concert event Sept. 29 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, sharing the bill with Barry Manilow and comedian Steve Harvey, among others.
"Barbra's passionate belief in the importance of the Democratic Party's regaining control of the House ... is so deep that she has decided to sing three times as many songs as was
originally planned," said David Foster, producer of the upcoming event. One number will be a "political parody that will raise a few eyebrows," he said.
Her personal publicist, Dick Guttman, said Streisand initially had planned to sing only three songs.
Streisand also sang at President Clinton's first inaugural ball in January 1993 and a 1996 political benefit that raised $4 million for his reelection campaign.
Barbra Streisand
Pleads for Life of Condemned Nigerian Woman
Bill Clinton
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton appealed on Tuesday for the life of a Nigerian woman sentenced by an Islamic court to be stoned to death for adultery.
Clinton's appeal during a public lecture in Abuja came a day after Australian Prime Minister John Howard met Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to express concern over the
sentence that has provoked worldwide outrage.
Clinton said his plea for Amina Lawal Kurami was "a personal statement, not on behalf of the United States government."
A Nigerian court last month rejected Kurami's appeal against her conviction and confirmed her sentence under Islamic sharia law, drawing a barrage of international criticism.
But Kurami, 31, was granted a two-year reprieve to wean her daughter, now nine months old, and would not be stoned until 2004. Her lawyers have appealed to a higher court.
Clinton, a popular figure in Nigeria since his state visit in 2000, drew a packed audience of Nigeria's top political and government officials to his lecture on democracy in Africa.
Bill Clinton
Filmmakers Say No Disrespect Meant
'Barbershop'
The filmmakers behind hit film "Barbershop" on Tuesday said they meant no disrespect to U.S. civil rights leaders with jokes made about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. -- two icons of the fight against segregation.
The gags have angered U.S. civil rights leaders, such as Jesse Jackson, who claim the comedy is insulting and insensitive. Jackson has asked the filmmakers to apologize and to remove the material from future releases, DVDs and home videos.
A low-budget comedy, the movie has become a big hit with both black and white audiences, raking in nearly $40 million in two weeks.
Jokes that raised the ire of civil rights leaders come from the veteran member of the hair cutting team, Eddie, played by Cedric the Entertainer (Cedric Kyles).
In separate statements, the filmmakers and MGM noted the jokes were made by only one character and every other character disagrees with him.
In the end, "Barbershop" carries a sweet message about the importance of family, friends and community.
'Barbershop'
At The British Museum
Guru Granth Sahib
This handout picture from the British Library from Monday Sept. 23, 2002, shows the Library's copy of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy work of the Sikh faith. Far older than previously thought, the book is probably the most ancient
copy held outside India. The manuscript dates from the mid-17th century (circa 1660-1675) and was purchased by the British Museum in 1884 from the Reverend A. Fisher who had been principal of a missionary school in Amrtisar in the
Punjab. It was written in the 1660s although there are later additions to reflect the expansion of the scriptural text at the end of the 17th century. The final two thirds of the manuscript were rewritten on new folios during the
19th century after being worn out with use.
Another 'Consolidation' Afoot?
CNN-ABC News Merger?
AOL Time Warner Inc. and Walt Disney Co. have held talks about merging their CNN and ABC News divisions into "a stand-alone news powerhouse," the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday.
The newspaper, citing sources familiar with the situation, added the negotiations got a lukewarm reception last week at an AOL Time Warner board meeting.
The talks had been sporadic for 18 months, but gained momentum in recent weeks, the Times quoted sources as saying.
It is the closest CNN has come in its two-year effort to make an alliance with a rival broadcaster's news division in a bid to cut costs, the paper said.
The Times said both companies acknowledged ongoing discussions about a news venture.
CNN-ABC News Merger
Filed $12 Million Lawsuit
Tawny Kitaen
Actress Tawny Kitaen has filed a $12 million lawsuit against her estranged husband, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chuck Finley.
In the lawsuit made public Monday, Kitaen accuses her husband of breach of contract, saying Finley broke his promise to support her financially for the rest of her life. Finley filed for divorce in
April, three days after Kitaen was arrested for spousal abuse.
Kitaen pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of spousal abuse and was ordered to undergo a year of counseling, avoid contact with her husband and make a $500 donation to a battered-women's shelter.
In court documents filed Sept. 17, Kitaen said that when Finley proposed to her on Valentine's Day 1991, he gave her a Cartier diamond engagement ring and a key to his home. He soon gave
her unlimited access to his personal bank account and told her to spend away, the lawsuit said.
When Kitaen became pregnant with the couple's first daughter in 1992, Finley requested she become a full-time mother in exchange for financial support, the lawsuit said.
Since filing for divorce, Finley has ignored Kitaen's repeated requests for money, and seized $4.1 million from a joint personal account, the lawsuit said.
Tawny Kitaen
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Banned by L.A. Judge
Judy Garland Oscar Sale
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences prevailed in a lawsuit on Monday barring the ex-husband of actress Judy Garland from selling her honorary juvenile Oscar for "The Wizard of Oz."
A federal judge in Los Angeles also ordered Michael Sidney Luft to pay nearly $60,000 to the motion picture academy to end the academy's second lawsuit against him for repeatedly trying to sell the statuette.
The award was a replacement that Garland obtained from the academy in 1958 after claiming that she had lost her Juvenile Oscar for her 1939 breakthrough performance in the classic movie musical.
The academy contended that it had a "first look" agreement with Garland and her heirs that allowed the academy to buy back the Oscar for $10, the lawsuit said.
Luft was Garland's third husband and father of two of her three children. Garland died at 47 in 1969 of an accidental barbiturate overdose in England.
Judy Garland Oscar Sale
Baby Jesus Lizard
Crested Basilisk
A baby Crested Basilisk lizard sits high on the thumb of an animal keeper at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002. This tiny but lightning-fast
creature that grows to a length of about 40 centimeters (16 inches) is a resident of Central America where they are known to the locals as Jesus Lizards for their
ability to walk on water.
Photo by Rob Griffith
To Be Knighted in UK
Alan Greenspan
Britain is set to give U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan an honorary knighthood for his contribution to economic stability, just as markets are in turmoil and fears abound of a return to recession.
In one of Britain's quainter customs, Greenspan will become a Knight of the British Empire (KBE) at the Queen's residence at Balmoral castle in Scotland on Thursday.
The world's most influential central banker follows in the footsteps of several other Americans bestowed with the honor, including former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who
was knighted in February, former presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush Sr. and Gulf War general Norman Schwarzkopf.
Greenspan arrives in Britain on Wednesday and the 76-year-old's punishing two-day schedule includes three speeches in London on that day, a flight to Scotland for the knighthood
on Thursday and then straight back to Washington for a meeting of Group of Seven leading financial officials on Friday.
Alan Greenspan
Goldie & Kurt's Son Turns to Hockey
Wyatt Russell
Wyatt Russell has heard all the cracks and snide remarks — that he's just a 16-year-old kid with Hollywood credentials trying to make it as a hockey player.
"They do that to try and rile you up," he said with a shrug. "You learn to not hear it. If you take it seriously it's the end of you. You won't be able to do what
you want to do. I don't take it to heart."
Russell cannot escape his pedigree — he is the son of movie stars Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn.
He came to this Vancouver suburb to pursue a hockey career. He and the players on the Richmond Sockeyes Jr. B team know that no matter how much he fits in, he'll always stand out.
"We laugh about it," Russell told The Canadian Press. "They tell jokes about it. How can you not?"
Wyatt Russell
BartCop TV!
Cancels 11 Concerts
Merle Haggard
Country singer Merle Haggard canceled 11 concerts this month because of back trouble, a spokesman said.
Haggard, 65, has four herniated discs in his back and is at home in California resting and getting medical care, Roberts said Friday. More concerts
could be canceled, depending on what treatment is prescribed.
September concerts had been scheduled in Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tenn.; Washington; Atlanta; and other cities.
He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard Web site
Country Music Hall
Scores Rare Nielsens Win
ABC
ABC jumped the gun on the new fall season and found itself somewhere unusual in the week's ratings: first place in viewership.
A "Monday Night Football" game and ABC News interview with actor Christopher Reeve also helped the network, which is trying to recover from a disastrous year.
ABC aired three of its new programs — "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter," "Life with Bonnie" and "Push, Nevada" — last Tuesday and all finished among Nielsen Media Research's top 20 programs for the week.
Ratings for ABC's new shows will likely fade this week, when its competitors unveil their new shows. But with the preview night, network executives succeeded in at least getting a strong audience to try the new shows.
For the week, ABC averaged 10.1 million viewers (6.6 rating, 11 share). NBC averaged 9.8 million viewers but had a slightly higher rating than ABC (6.7 rating, 11 share), an indication that more people were watching NBC while home alone.
CBS had 9.2 million viewers (6.2, 10), Fox 8.6 million (5.5, 9), the WB 4.7 million (3.0, 5), UPN 3.8 million (2.5, 4) and Pax TV 1.3 million (0.9, 2).
For the week of Sept. 16-22, the top 10 shows, their networks and ratings: "Emmy Awards," NBC, 13.5; "Survivor: Thailand," CBS, 13.2; "Monday Night Football: Philadelphia vs. Washington," ABC, 11.8;
"8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter," ABC, 11.0; "Life With Bonnie," ABC, 10.5; "Law & Order," NBC, 10.3; "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation-Monday," CBS, 9.5; "NFL Monday Showcase," ABC, 9.5;
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 9.3; "Friends," NBC, 9.3.
ABC
Belongings Fetch High Prices At Auction
Henry Morton Stanley
A water-stained map of the Congo River fetched nearly 78,000 pounds ($121,400) on Tuesday at an auction of personal items belonging to one of the greatest explorers of Africa,
Henry Morton Stanley.
The collection, never before seen in public, was sold by the descendants of the man who uttered the immortal words, "Doctor Livingstone, I presume," when he stumbled across
the Scottish explorer in 1871 in Africa, auction house Christie's said.
Apart from the stained map -- blank bits of which were filled in by Stanley as he explored the giant river between 1874 and 1877 -- there were photographs, books, watches,
wedding presents and gifts from world governments.
The Winchester rifle he was carrying when he found David Livingstone next to Lake Tanganyika, where the missionary was recovering from illness on his quest to find the source
of the Nile, went for 19,120 pounds -- also more than expected.
While Stanley's encounter with Livingstone is the best known event in the history of African adventure, it is only one of a series of episodes in Stanley's eventful life.
Born to unmarried parents in 1841 in north Wales and named John Rowlands after his presumed father, Stanley was sent to the workhouse aged six and stayed there until he was 15.
For more, Henry Morton Stanley
Mrs. Tommy Mottola
Thalia's Sisters Kidnapped
The sisters of Mexican singer-actress Thalia were followed and ambushed after leaving a play, unidentified witnesses told local media.
In newspaper reports Tuesday, witnesses reported seeing two cars — a minivan and a sport utility vehicle — follow actress Laura Zapata and her sister Ernestina
Sodi late Sunday as they left a Mexico City theater where Zapata had just starred in the play "La Casa de Bernarda Alba."
The occupants of the two cars got out when Zapata stopped at a red light, and smashed the windows of her car, kidnapping both women, witnesses said.
Family members have refused to file a report with police or comment on the women's whereabouts.
Kidnappings are common in Mexico, and often go unreported to police because relatives fear officials may be involved.
Thalia, who performed during Wednesday's Latin Grammys, is married to Sony Music Chairman Tommy Mottola.
Thalia's Sisters KIdnapped
Musician Settles Suit
Mike Batt
What price silence?
Six figures, as British musician Mike Batt found out when he included a one-minute silence on the latest album by his rock group, The Planets.
Batt agreed Monday to pay an undisclosed six-figure sum to the John Cage Trust, after publishers of the late American composer sued him for compensation, claiming he had plagiarized Cage's
1952 composition, "4'33," which was totally silent.
Handing over a check for the undisclosed sum on the steps of the High Court in London, Batt professed himself "relieved that we have been able to settle this one out of court.
Batt credited his piece — "A One Minute Silence" — to "Batt/Cage" on "Classical Graffiti," the latest album by The Planets.
Nicholas Riddle, managing director of Cage's publishers, Peters Edition, who accepted the check, said the publishers were prepared to defend the concept of a silent piece because it
was a valuable artistic concept with a copyright.
Mike Batt
Training Again in Russia
Lance Bass
Pop star Lance Bass started a new training session at Russia's cosmonaut center Monday, despite being excluded from the crew of a rocket heading to the international space station next month,
the head of a Russian company that works with the 'N Sync singer said Saturday.
Bass, who was ordered to leave the Star City cosmonaut training ground earlier this month after failing to make payments on a contract that would have made him the youngest person ever in
space, has returned to the facility outside Moscow, said Yuri Nikiforov, general director of Atlas Airspace.
"He will not go in October for sure, but he just doesn't want to interrupt the program," Nikiforov said by telephone. He spoke after Russia's Interfax news agency quoted an unnamed official
at the training center in Star City as saying officials there had decided Saturday to permit Bass to resume training.
Bass began training in July, hoping to rocket away from Kazakhstan on Oct. 28, boosted by corporate sponsors and a seven-part television documentary. But TV producers failed to raise the
estimated $20 million fare, and Russian space officials said on Sept. 3 that he would not be part of the crew.
Lance Bass
The ''Genius'' Grants
MacArthur Foundation
A seismologist who tries to prevent disasters in poor countries, an artist who works with glass beads and a scientist who analyzes fossilized plants to study prehistoric societies were among the 24 winners
Wednesday of this year's $500,000 MacArthur Foundation "genius grants."
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded the no-strings-attached grants to scholars, artists and others since 1981 to free them to pursue their work without having to worry about making a living.
Potential MacArthur grant winners are selected by hundreds of anonymous nominators; recipients cannot apply for the awards.
The foundation does not require or expect specific projects from its fellows. Nor does it ask them to report on how the money is used.
MacArthur Foundation
2002 MacArthur Grants
List of Winners
The list of 24 fellows announced Wednesday by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Each will receive $500,000 over five years:
- Bonnie Bassler, 40, Princeton, N.J.; associate professor of molecular biology at Princeton University. Molecular biologist who investigates the chemical signaling mechanisms that bacteria use to communicate with each other.
- Ann Blair, 40, Cambridge, Mass.; professor of history at Harvard University. Intellectual historian who traces the influence of technological advances, as well as political and religious upheavals, on the transmission and evolution of ideas during the Renaissance.
- Katherine Boo, 37, Washington, D.C.; staff writer at The Washington Post who writes about the lives of the less fortunate.
- Paul Ginsparg, 46, Ithaca, N.Y.; professor of physics and computing and information science at Cornell University who created a computer-based system for physicists and other scientists to share their research results.
- David B. Goldstein, 51, San Francisco; energy program co-director of the Natural Resources Defense Council whose work includes applying his scientific expertise to improve global energy efficiency.
- Karen Hesse, 50, Brattleboro, Vt.; a novelist who experiments with form and subject matter in writing for children and young adults.
- Janine Jagger, 52, Charlottesville, Va.; founder and director of International Health Care Worker Safety Center and an epidemiologist who invents devices to protect health care workers from transmission of bloodborne diseases.
- Daniel Jurafsky, 39, Boulder, Colo.; associate professor of linguistics and computer science at the University of Colorado who works to improve the capacity of computers to process language.
- Toba Khedoori, 37, Los Angeles; artist who works in wax, oil and pencil to create drawings on vast stretches of unframed paper.
- Liz Lerman, 54, Takoma Park, Md.; founder and artistic director of Dance Exchange whose work includes offering workshops where local people can dance with her troupe.
- George Lewis, 50, La Jolla, Calif.; professor of music at the University of California at San Diego. A trombonist and composer working in experimental music.
- Liza Lou, 33, Los Angeles; artist who uses glass beads.
- Edgar Meyer, 41, Nashville, Tenn.; bassist and composer who combines classical and bluegrass styles.
- Jack Miles, 60, Los Angeles; senior adviser to the president of the J. Paul Getty Trust who is also a literary scholar and critic interpreting the Bible as literary text with God and Christ as the main characters.
- Erik Mueggler, 40, Ann Arbor, Mich.; associate professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan who explores Chinese communities and repercussions of the Cultural Revolution.
- Sendhil Mullainathan, 29, Newton, Mass.; associate professor of economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology whose work shows how limits on knowledge, willpower and self-interest affect economic behavior.
- Stanley Nelson, 48, New York; director, producer, writer at Firelight Media/Half-Nelson Films and a documentary filmmaker whose work raises awareness of the influence of the black experience in America.
- Lee Ann Newsom, 45, University Park, Pa.; associate professor of anthropology at Pennsylvania State University who analyzes fossilized plant remains to study prehistoric societies.
- Daniela Rus, 39, Hanover, N.H.; associate professor of computer science and cognitive neuroscience at Dartmouth College who works with robots that can change their shape.
- Charles Steidel, 39, Pasadena, Calif.; professor of astronomy at California Institute of Technology whose work includes inventing new methods for detecting light from the most distant galaxies.
- Brian Tucker, 56, Palo Alto, Calif.; founder and president of GeoHazards International and a seismologist who works to prevent natural disasters in developing countries.
- Camilo Jose Vergara, 58, New York; urban archivist and photographer who uses time-lapse images to chronicle the transformation of urban landscapes across America.
- Paul Wennberg, 40, Pasadena, Calif.; professor of atmospheric chemistry and environmental engineering at California Institute of Technology who develops instruments and methods for measuring and understanding the earth's gaseous shell.
- Colson Whitehead, 32, New York City; novelist experimenting with inventive plots that weave American folklore and history into stories.
List of Winners
Jordanian Woman Attacks Harassers
'Patience Has Its Limits'
Witnesses say a Jordanian woman ripped off her enveloping black cloak and veil — to reveal a traditional long dress that was nearly as enveloping — and punched and kicked into
submission three young men who had been verbally harassing her.
The official Petra News Agency reported Sunday that shopkeepers and passers-by believe the unidentified woman must have had martial arts training. In Friday's incident on
the main street in Zarqa 13 miles north Amman, the three men were too shocked to react at first and ended up knocked to the ground, screaming in pain. They then scrambled up and fled.
The woman quoted the title of a song made famous by the late Egyptian star Umm Kalthoum — "patience has its limits" — before continuing on her way as a crowd cheered her.
Petra quoted witnesses as saying the three men had regularly directed obscenities at the woman as she walked in the area. It was not clear if they harassed other women as well.
'Patience Has Its Limits'
Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia
Koala
A newly born baby Koala clings onto a stuffed toy at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Sept. 23, 2002. The Koala is the newest addition to the native Australian creatures born at the zoo
during the many births of the spring season.
Photo by Rob Griffith
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