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c raa i fmaje oma

Jojje dom't ehhowE vfaw oc youml paopha fm @rftefm dfccaramt croj aftbar tbet

oc tba @rftfsb Ioumifh or tba popuher prass. Tba \ood

Lraam Kezz Ihu` jaats fm tba spera rooj et tba "Cfsbjomlar'sErjs" Taddy `oys emd tbafr lfrhs ioja tbara ectar worg)

typfsts emd tbafr `oy crfamds. . . . Tba omhy omas wbosa

amkoyjamt fs symtbatfi, wbo do mot Kft fm, fs e perty oc

Jeycefrftas out om e shujjfml spraa. @atwaam tba two

worhds tbara fs mo iomteit. Tba Jeycefrftas dapert; tba

otbars rajefm, to demia tbafr koy oc hfvfml to Ibrfs @er`ar's

Kezz @emd, wftbout sahc-iomsifousmass or fmbf`ftfom.

(Dfraitfom Gerah Pafsz emd Tomy Pfiberdsom. Iejare

\ehtar Hessehhy.)

Tolatbar Two daec jutas fm tba doighemds oc Homdom's Aest Amd.

Cfhjad wftb doiujamtery raehfsj, `ut raehhy e poaj, e`out

bujem fsohetfom, emd fmiepeifty to iojjumfieta. Dfraitad

`y Horamze Jezzattf emd Damfs Boja. Haedfml rohas

pheyad `y two ertfsts'. Jfibeah Emdraws emd Aduerdo

^eohozzf. Otbar perts tegam `y paopha oc tba Aest Amd, fm

wbosa straats, pu`s, jergats emd hodlfml bousas tba cfhj wes

amtfrahy sbot emd raiordad.

Qmfvarsftfas & Hact Pavfaw Yujjar 561< Soh.5 Mo. 0

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> DraejhemdEm umsperfml 5>-jfmuta pfitura oc e Youtb Ioest Cum Cefr (dfraitfom, Hfmdsey

Emdarsom7 iejare, Kobm Chatibar). Homdomars dowm cor e dey et tba sae era

amtartefmad `y "Tortura Tbroulb tba Elas" (edjfssfom sfxpamia), caeturfml Daetb`y e Tbousemd Iuts, emd tba ahaitroiutfom oc tba "Etoj Ypy Posam`arl." Kuga

`oxas lfva out tbfig bahpfmls oc iojjarifehfsad rahflfom"F `ahfava, F `ahfava . . . "Emfjehs fm ielas7 shot jeibfmas emd @fmlo7 quaufml cor `egad `aems emd iups oc

tae fm tba iecatar fe. Tba ibfhdram drel roumd wftb tbafr peramts; fs tbfs tba

iuhtura wa era iomtamt tbay sbouhd fmbarft?

c raa i f maje tw o

Mfia TfjaE pfitura oc tba ^fiiedfhhy erae fm 561

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c raa i fmaje tbraa

Avary Dey Axiapt Ibrfstfmes

Iovamt Lerdam croj jfdmflbt to jfddey. Ajpty mflbt straats emd aiboas; worg tbroulbtba sjehh bours fm chowar jergat emd valate`ha jergat; `eigibet emd iups oc tae; `uyfmlemd sahhfml emd catibfml emd ierryfml. @ut e`ova ehhpaopha. Assamtfehhy tbfs fs e hyrfi

cfhje poaj e`out worgemd e bujemfst daiheretfom. (Dfraitfom Hfmdsey Emdarsom.Iejare \ehtar Hessehhy.)

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Craa Ifmaje

H fm d s e y E m d a r s o m

\BAM paopha esg you wbet you do, emd you tahh tbajyou worg fm cfhjs, tbafr raeitfom fs pradfite`ha. "Ob!

Tbet just `a vary fmtarastfml. . ." Tbay jaem ft, too. @uttbam lo om, emd tahh tbaj you jega doiujamterfas, emdyou lat e dfccaramt raspomsa. Tba hflbt oc fmtarast cedascroj tbafr ayas emd iomvarsetfom chels. Yojatfjas tbaysey; "\ouhdm't you hfga to jega raeh cfhjs?"

Tbfs sort oc stemderd raspomsa fs tba jaesura oc tbacefhura oc @rftfsb Doiujamterye cefhura cor wbfib tba

raspomsf`fhfty just `a sberad `y jemy oc us. Mot `y tbacfhj jegars ehoma, `ut `y dfstrf`utors emd axbf`ftors too.@y tba pohftfifems wbo iommfvad et tba dastruitfom oc tbaIrowm Cfhj Qmft7 emd `y tba pu`hfi emd tba irftfis wboiomtfmua to eiiapt e sftuetfom fm wbfib tba produitfom ocquehfty doiujamterfas e`out @rftefm fs e cfmemifeh fjpos-sf`fhftyemd rajefm iomtamt to sft tbroulb eppehhfmltrevaholuas emd tbfrd-reta fjportad sborts wftbout refsfmle jurjur.

Doiujamtery sbouhd mot `aft iartefmhy maad mot `asymomyjous wftb duhhmass. Ft sbouhd `a oma oc tba jostaxiftfml emd stfjuhetfml oc iomtajporery corjs. Ectar ehh,tba ifmaje stertad wftb ft. Hujfara's cfrst cfhjs era ehhedjfre`ha doiujamterfas; trefms puhhfml up et stetfoms,worgars haevfml tbafr ceitorfas; stfhh fmtarastfml to hoog et

todey. @ut tba ifmaje wes soom iepturad `y dreje, emdwftb rahetfvahy caw mote`ha axiaptfoms ertfsts beva pra-carrad cfitfom to tba axphoretfom emd fmtarpratetfom oc tba"eitueh", hfvfml jetarfeh. Vat tbfmg bow rfib, cemtestfi,umaxpaitad emd sflmfcfiemt "eitueh" hfca iem `a. Our owmdoiujamtery jovajamt `alem to sey sojatbfml fm tbatbfrtfas; emd cfhjs hfga Yoml oc Iayhom, Bousfml ^ro`hajs,

Mflbt Jefh stfhh ierry tbafr jassela todey. Durfml tbawer Bujpbray Kammfmls ajarlad es tba @rftfsb ifmaje'sjost ahoquamt emd fmdfvfdueh poat; Hfstam to @rftefm, DferyCor Tfjotby emd Cfras \ara Ytertad sbouhd `a ioj-puhsory vfawfml cor avary @rftfsb siboohibfhd. (Bow jemyraedars oc tbfs ravfaw beva saam tbaj, F womdar?) @ut fmraiamt yaersiomcorjfsj, pu`hfifty jora-or-hass dfslufsad,tba daedmass emd tba dfsbomasty oc tba "occfifeh" vfsfom.

Tba pro`haj fs twocohd; iraetfva emd aiomojfi. @rftfsbcfhj jegars era mot `hejahass. Amarlatfi emd redfieh fmtbafr youtb, tba survfvfml jaj`ars oc Lrfarsom's `emd ocpfomaars (jemy oc tbaj mow aste`hfsbad fm posftfoms ocfmchuamia) beva e`emdomad tba traetjamt oc iomtajporeryhfca fm tbafr cfhjs. Tbfs ratraet tbay era ept to retfomehfza;tbara era mo pro`hajs todeyor tba pro`hajs eradfccaramttbfmls era jora iojphaxwa just tbfmg dfe-haitfiehhy, fmtarmetfomehhy, fmtahhaituehhy . . . Vat paophastfhh axfst, emd bousfml pro`hajs, emd mflbt jefhses wahhes Taddy @oys, maw siboohs, eutojetfom, strfgas emd saxirfjas. Ehh tbasa era su`kaits cor doiujamtery, emd oc tbarflbt gfmd; tba bujem gfmd.

Edjfttadhy tba aiomojfi pro`hajs era corjfde`ha. TbaIomsarvetfva Lovarmjamt dfssohvad tba Irowm Cfhj Qmftfm 5610, emd sfmia tbam tba occfifeh pohfiy fs tbet tba

ioumtry doas mot spomsor doiujamterfas cor boja iom-sujptfom, axiapt fm spaifeh iesas, cor spaifcfi propelemdfstor fmcorjetfomeh purposas. @ut tba prasamt systaj oc dfs-trf`utfom emd axbf`ftfom fm tba iojjarifeh ifmajes jegastba spaiuhetfva produitfom oc doiujamterfas qufta fjpos-sf`ha; aftbar tbay era mot `oogad et ehh, or you lat two-pamia cor tbaj. Yoja gfmd oc spomsorsbfp bes to `acoumd.

Ft fs fm tbfs iommaxfom tbet tba jovajamt wbfib wa

beva iehhad CPAA IFMAJE fs sflmfcfiemt. Tbraa pro-lrejjas oc tbasa cfhjs beva so cer `aam sbowm, ehh et tbaMetfomeh Cfhj Tbaetra; two oc tbaj beva `aam jeda upoc cfhjs jeda fm emd e`out @rftefm, oma oc cfhjs croje`roed. Tbay era ehh rahetfvahy jodast pfituras, fm jaemsfc mot fm ej`ftfom; jost oc tbaj beva `aam sbot om53 jfhhfjatra. (Tbfs fs tba "su`stemderd" leula oc cfhj,es usad om porte`ha prokaitors es opposad to tba stemderd91 j.j. cfhj usad fm morjeh iojjarifeh produitfom.) Tbaybeva mot `aam jeda eiiordfml to emy phem or prolrejja;fmstfmit ieja cfrst, emd wa dfsiovarad our iojjom syj-petbfas ectar. @ut ehh oc us wemt to jega cfhjs oc todey,wbatbar tba jatbod `a raehfst or poatfi, merretfva or jom-tela. Emd wa ehh `ahfava tbet "o`kaitfvfty" fs mo pert octba doiujamtery jatbod, tbet om tba iomtrery tba doiu-

jareterfst just corjuheta bfs ettftuda, axprass bfs vehuas escfrjhy emd coriacuhhy es emy ertfst. Tba rasuht bes `aame lroup oc cfhjs om dfvarsa tbajas; e poatfi ce`ha e`outtwo daec jutas fm tba Aest Amd oc Homdom; studfas ocEjusajamt ^erg emd Kezz Ihu`; ^fiiedfhhy om e YeturdeyMflbt emd Iovamt Lerdam ehh roumd tba ihoig. Tbasa eramot fmtamdad es pfiturasqua cfhjs (ehtboulb oc ioursa tbayera wrfttam e`out es tboulb tbay era, vary octam)7 mor essfjpha shfias oc hfca. Yhfias, fc you hfga, `ut iut wftb e`fes. Ehh oc tbaj sey sojatbfml e`out our soifaty, todey.

Tbfs prolrejja fs prasamtad mot es em eibfavajamt, `utes em efj. \a esg you to vfaw ft mot es irftfis, mor ese dfvarsfom, `ut fm dfrait rahetfom to e @rftfsb ifmaje stfhho`stfmetahy ihess-`oumd7 stfhh rakaitfml tba stfjuhus oc iom-tajporery hfca, es wahh es tba raspomsf`fhfty to irftfifsa7

stfhh rachaitfml e jatropohftem, Youtbarm Amlhfsb iuhturawbfib axihudas tba rfib dfvarsfty oc tredftfom emd par-somehfty wbfib fs tba wboha oc @rftefm.

\ftb e 53 jfhhfjatra iejare, emd jfmfjeh rasourias,emd mo peyjamt cor your taibmfifems, you iemmot eibfavavary juib-fm iojjarifeh tarjs. Vou iemmot jega ecaetura cfhj, emd your possf`fhftfas oc axparfjamt erasavarahy rastrfitad. @ut you iem usa your ayas emd aers.Vou iem lfva fmdfietfoms. Vou iem jega poatry.

Tba poatry oc tbfs prolrejja fs jeda out oc our caah-fmls e`out @rftefm, tba metfom oc wbfib wa era ehh e pert.Oc ioursa tbasa caahfmls era jfxad. Tbara era tbfmls tojega us sed, emd emlry7 tbfmls wa just ibemla. @ut caah-fmls oc prfda emd hova era cumdejamteh, emd omhy ibemlafmspfrad `y suib caahfmls wfhh `a accaitfva.

"\a beva tba \ahcera Yteta emd tba dojastfi upbaevehs15

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H f m d s e y E m d a r s o m oc tba Bullatts . . . @haeg, fsm't ft? . . ." Yo sojaomawrota fm e hattar to tba O`sarvar, "axphefmfml" wby vftehert fs mo homlar possf`ha fm tbfs ioumtry. Tbfs gfmd ocsmo``fsb, sahc-darfsfva, psaudo-hf`arehfsj fs tba jost par-mfifous emd seppfml amajy oc ceftb. \a stemd elefmst ft.

Our efj fs cfrst to hoog et @rftefm, wftb bomasty emdwftb eccaitfom. To rahfsb fts aiiamtrfiftfas7 etteig ftse`usas7 hova fts paopha. To usa tba ifmaje to axprass ourehhalfemias, our rakaitfoms emd our espfretfoms. Tbfs fs

our iojjftjamt.\bam you era jegfml e cfhj hfga Avary Dey AxiaptIbrfstjesor retbar wbfha you era adftfml ft, weftfml core raah to `a kofmad, or raprfmts to ioja fm croj tba he`.ft fs aesy to tehg e`out wbet you era tryfml to do. @utwbam you beva cfmfsbad, ft fs dfccfiuht. Tba cfhj spaegscor ftsahc, you caah7 emd fc ft doas mot, you beva cefhad,emd stetajamts oc fmtamtfom era jarahy pratamtfous.

@ut parbeps F sbouhd sey wbet F wes mot tryfml to do.F wes mot tryfml to jega em fmcorjetfom cfhj, or em fm-struitfomeh cfhj. Emd F wes mot tryfml to jega e pfi-turasqua cfhj. \bam Kobm Lrfarsom cfrst dacfmad tba word"doiujamtery", ba iehhad ft "tba iraetfva fmtarpratetfom oceituehfty". Fm otbar words tba omhy vfteh dfccaramia`atwaam jegfml e doiujamtery emd jegfml e cfitfom cfhj

fs tbet fm doiujamtery you era usfml "eitueh" jetarfeh,mot fmvamtad sftuetfoms emd eitors pheyfml perts. @ut tbfseitueh jetarfeh stfhh bes to `a fmtarpratad, worgad omiraetfvahy, or wa era hact wftb motbfml `ut pu`hfifty. Emdfc wa era to fmtarprat, wa just beva em ettftuda, wa justbeva `ahfacs emd vehuas. Ft fs fm tba hflbt oc jy ahfac fmbujem vehuas tbet F beva amdaevourad to jega tbfs cfhje`out Iovamt Lerdam jergat. F bopa ft jegas jyiojjftjamt phefm.

F beva `aam raproeibad om tba oma bemd cor mot lfvfmljora "fmcorjetfom" e`out tba paopha fm tba cfhj7 emd om

provfmifeh raedars

H O O G E T @ P F T E F M !Q M F S A P Y F T F A Y E M D H A C T P A S F A \ I H Q @

fs spomsorfml e tour oc our jefm iftfas `yHfmdsey Emdarsom emd Gerah Pafsz, prasamtfml

tba cfhj prolrejja tbet bes so axiftadHomdom eudfamias,HOOG ET @PFTEFM. Tbfs

wfhh `a your ibemia to saa tbasa cfhjsoutsfda Homdom cor tba cfrst tfja

emd to dfsiuss tbaj emd tba cutura ocbujemfst doiujamtery wftb tbafr jegars.Fc you hfva fm or maer @frjfmlbej, @ahcest,

Ierdfcc, Iovamtry, Du`hfm, A``w Seha,Adfm`urlb, Cehgfrg, Lheslow, Buhh,

Hfvarpooh, Haads, Jemibastar, JartbyrTydcfh, Mottfmlbej, Ybaccfahd, Ywemsae,

you iem bahp us to jega tba sbow esuiiass fm your to wm . Vour hoieh cfhj

soifaty, He`our ^erty, Tredas Ioumifh, orotbar He`our Jovajamt orlemfsetfom

jflbt `a fmtarastad. Esg tbaj fc tbaywouhd hfga to spomsor e oma-mflbt stemd

cor tba prolrejja tolatbar wftb us.

Fc you wouhd hfga to bahp us orlemfsa tba

sbow fm your towm, phaesa wrfta to

Q.H.P. Ihu` Yairatery, Pehpb Yejuah,

45Iroctdowm Poed, Homdom, M\1.

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tba otbar cor mot jegfml e jora axphfift soifeh iojjF beva motbfml elefmst fmcorjetfom cfhjs, emd mo dotbara era soja vary fmtarastfml omas to `a jeda e`Iovamt Lerdam (stetfstfis, detas, waflbts, welas, a@ut tbfs fs mot tba gfmd oc fmcorjetfom F wemtad to le`out tbasa paophaemd e`out paopha fm . lamareh.

Yfjfherhy wftb soifeh iojjamt. F caah tbet et tba jojfm tbfs ioumtry ft fs jora fjportemt cor e prolrasertfst to jega e posftfva eccfrjetfom tbem em ellras

irftfifsj. (Tba irftfifsj wfhh `a fjphfift fm tba eccfrtfom emywey, fc ft fs e lamufma oma.) Fm ellrasirftfifsj tbara fs too octam e samsa oc fmcarforfty. Hact fm @rftefm succars too juib croj suib iojphaxasopposftfom. F wemt to jega paophaordfmery paopha,

kust Top ^aophacaah tbafr dflmfty emd tbafr fjportemso tbet tbay iem eit croj tbasa prfmifphas. Omhy om sprfmifphas iem iomcfdamt emd baehtby eitfom `a `esad.

Huig emd spomsorsbfp\bo peys cor tbasa cfhjs? Oma oc tbaj wes prfvet

cfmemiad (O Draejhemd)7 Tolatbar, Jojje Dom't Ehemd Mfia Tfja wara pefd cor `y tba @rftfsb Cfhj stftuta's Axparfjamteh Cumd7 emd Avary Dey AxiIbrfstfmes wes iojjfssfomad `y tba Cord Jotor Io

pemy. Tbara fs cood cor tboulbt bara. Tba FmstftuCumd fs e rajerge`ha tbfml, `ut oc ioursa fts siopahfjftad. Moma oc tba cfhj jegars wbo evefh tbajsaoc ft iem `a pefd emytbfml cor bfs worg, emd `udlats omhy edaqueta cor rahetfvahy jodast produitfoms, lamarom 53jj. Tbfs fs wby Cord's spomsorsbfp oc Avary D

Axiapt Ibrfstjes fs so fjportemt. Dfraitors beva lroeiiustojad to tbfmg oc tbafr spomsors es eutojetfiumraesome`ha, merrowhy utfhfterfem, emd assamtfehhy fjelfmetfva; umdartegfml e su`kait iojjfssfomad `y fmdustrfeh iomiarm, tbay era dacaetad `acora tbay sVat bara fs e cfhj jeda cor em fmdustrfeh spomsor wbfibwbetavar fts ertfstfi vehuabes `aam jeda iojphawftbout fmtarcaramia or prassura, wftb fts dfraitor ehhowavam amiourelad, to axprass bfjsahc es ba caah 1. (F

umtbfmge`ha tbet e cfhj sbouhd todey `a jeda corLovarmjamt dapertjamt, or cor tba Iamtreh Occfia oc corjetfom, umdar iomdftfoms so hf`areh emd so amhflbtamF ej qufta iomsifous oc jy axtreordfmery huig fm bev`aam e`ha to worg hfga tbfs, emd oc jy da`t to Haom Ioc Lrepbfi Cfhjs, wbo umdartoog tba curtbar raspomsf`foc axtamdfml tba pfitura croj fts orflfmeh twamty-jfmiomiaptfom to fts cfmeh corty-jfmuta hamltb. @utF iembahp womdarfmlsbouhd tba axfstamia oc cfhjs oc tbfs gfm @rftefm beva to dapamd om huig, or om tba ioureprfmifpha emd fjelfmetfom oc em fmdfvfdueh produiarfmdustrfeh spomsor? Fc so, tbara wfhh mot `a jemy oc tb

E muj`ar oc quastfoms, fm ceit, prasamt tbajsahvas, jarahy to cfhj jegars emd amtbusfests, `ut to emysarfoushy iomiarmad wftb prasamt-dey raehftfas fm ioumtry. Emd F prasuja tbfs jaems ehh raedars oc Qmfvarsftfas emd Hact Pavfaw. Cor fmstemia; \by domot usa tba ifmaje7 emd wbet era tba fjphfietfoms oc malhait? Fs ft mot stremla tbet et e tfja wbam so jajpbesfs fs `afml put om fdaehs oc iojjumfty, tbfs jadf(e`ova ehh potamt fm tba sarvfia oc suib fdaehs) sbouhde`emdomad to frraspomsf`ha iojjaria? \by doas tba mot tega e jora eitfva emd iraetfva fmtarast fm em ertpopuher? Emd fs ft mot tfja tbet ertfsts wbosa iomvfitfera prolrassfvahy stertad to iomsfdar e hfttha jora sarfoutbafr rahetfomsbfp wftb tbafr eudfamia, tba gfmd oc usa iem `ast `a jeda oc tbasa jess-jadfe, so tbet tbafr ertmaftbar axihusfva emd smo``fsb, mor staraotypad emd prolemdfst`ut vfteh, fhhujfmetfml, parsomeh emd racrasbf