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To: epicure who wrote (35070)	8/16/1999 10:05:00 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

I don't watch TV so I don't know-- where is jbe, our international correspondent? We need an update. I expect nothing anymore from any country. Isn't that pitiful? Yesterday Freddy told me that Barron's mentioned Southlake in its latest edition, writing about our new Towne Square, a lovely old-fashioned downtown, designed around a big green and pond with fountain and pavilion where the community band can play, with upscale shops, and restaurants. ANd the new Town Hall will be built at the head of it, with a library. We had no downtown, so we bought one. Money can buy almost anything. Freddy said they felt this was the wave of the future-- moving away from strip and shopping malls. It struck me as so sad. Remember Baby Jane, in her ruffles and curls, trying to recapture her past? That's what this reminds me of-- we're trying to bring back the past which we recall, probably not that accurately, as a better, kinder, safer, cleaner time, when it's the insides, the soul, the values that are no longer there-money won't restore those things. Southlake, Pleasantville in the making.

To: epicure who wrote (35070)	8/16/1999 11:05:00 AM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

<<I read in my paper in a tiny box on the penultimate page that US war planes stuck Iraq on Sunday - and even destroyed a mosque. They killed several people. Why isn't that on page one?>> Because if it's an everyday thing it's not news.

To: epicure who wrote (35070)	8/16/1999 12:00:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

I saw in the paper recently a chart depicting how many times the US has fired on Iraq, or Iraqi planes, in the last few months, it was a long strip of white stripes and black stripes, kind of like piano keys only the black stripes were as long as the white stripes, and there were just about as many black ones as white ones. My recollection is that it was in the Washington Post, which would mean that I read it in the last day or two, but it could have been any issue since August 5, as I am playing catch-up. I think the reason the article you saw wasn't on page one is that it's old news, but I agree that it's strange that we are so frequently engaged in war-like acts with Iraq and nobody seems to care. If it had been my assignment to depict the frequency, I think I would have used a calender, with little explosions on days we bombed Iraq.