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I couldnt begin to tell you how many countries of Europe I visited time and time again and my wanderings have also taken me to most of the countries of South America and Africa. For us In America. the world still presents a face of some calm and orderliness. Our lives have not been caught up In the incessant upheavals that have afflicted so many human beings whose fate it was to be thrust over frontiers as refugees or to be part of postcolonial areas. battling their way Into freedom and struggling for some semblance of stability. Life in America is In sharp contrast to all the unrest. the homelessness. the hunger. and the anguish that I have witnessed all over the world in the past several years. I had occasion to see some of it again only a few weeks ago when I travelled through some of the countries of South America and last fall. when I spent a great deal of time in North Africa and in various countries that make up southeastern Europe--places like Spain.