Paradoxical truths.The closing paragraph of Celia Wren's review of Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera is priceless ("Now, A Word from Our Sponsors," May 19). "We live in a country," Wren writes, "where Philip Morris airs antismoking an·ti·smok·ing adj. Opposed to or prohibiting the smoking of tobacco, especially in public: an antismoking campaign; an antismoking ordinance. ads; where beer companies urge us to drink responsibly; where legislation that shreds civil liberties gets the moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. of the USA Patriot Act USA PATRIOT Act [Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorists], 2001, U.S. ." Seldom have I read a more succinct summary of what ails our country today. MARY ELIZABETH MASON, OSB OSB abbr. Order of Saint Benedict Bismarck, N. Dak. |
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