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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:00 AM

It's a wonder he has time to lead the country

George W. Bush on his summer reading.
Tim Grieve

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  • Wednesday, August 30, 2006 06:23 PM

    Whatever... how many of you have read or even heard of Naguib Mahfouz?

    I would bet that if you conducted a poll of any educated group -- say, NPR listeners or people with PhDs in humanities -- not 1% of them would have heard of him and not 0.1% would have read him. Criticize Bush for legitimate reasons. Geesh.

    —Buffalonian Read Buffalonian's other letters

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