Wealth and class on the Queen Elizabeth II cruise
Jacquelyn Mitchard reflects on a luxury voyage aboard the Queen Elizabeth II revealing stark class divisions among guests and crew. She notes wealth driving privilege while staff, largely Asian and Hispanic, perform service and endure disdain from some passengers. The column contrasts moments of humanity with behavior of the privileged, ending with appreciation for the crew and a whale sighting.
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Correction on Hiawatha Fire Department call count
The Hiawatha Fire Department is on pace to respond to more than 350 calls this year. A Thursday report overstated the current total. Gazette will publish corrections or clarifications in this space. Phone 398-8313.
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Gazette promotes agriculture with soybean ink campaign
The Gazette details its commitment to the future by using soybean ink for printing and recycling programs. Readers are urged to drop newspapers at City Carton on Sixth Street SW or use the nearest recycling location.
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Atlantis Undocks From Mir After Farewell
Space shuttle Atlantis prepares to undock from the Mir space station after delivering a new computer and crew member. Astronauts bid farewell and warn about Earth's dangers as American Michael Foale returns home after 40 months aboard Mir.
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Mars Global Surveyor images reveal rugged Mars features
In three weeks the Mars Global Surveyor shows a vast flat plain possibly an ancient ocean bed, a three mile high Elysium Rise with a 22 mile deep central chasm, and canyon and dune systems. Pathfinder signals lost. NASA plans wake up timing adjustments.
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Botched Israeli assassination tale shocks Netanyahu government
Reports claim Mossad tried to kill Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Amman using forged Canadian passports. The alleged swap freed Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in exchange, drawing Canadian ire and sparking Israeli government denials amid regional diplomacy.
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