Words of war.
I felt that "Travels with the War Goddess" (SN: 5/29/04, p. 344) treated the customs and people of Samoa with disrespect and patronized pa·tron·ize
tr.v. pa·tron·ized, pa·tron·iz·ing, pa·tron·iz·es
1. To act as a patron to; support or sponsor.
2. To go to as a customer, especially on a regular basis.
3. their cultural ways.
ROBERT OLIVER Robert Gordon Oliver (born January 3, 1950 in Wellington) is a former road and track cyclist from New Zealand, who represented his native country in two disciplines at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany: the men's individual road race and the men's team pursuit , TUCSON, ARIZ ARIZ Arizona (old style) .
I must commend you on the article. Its combination of sensitivity and science reminds me of why I studied science in the first place (too long ago).
TOM JENKINS, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
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