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...Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to resign [April 24] showed that our military's patriotism and bravery are of little value to the nation when our civilian leaders have poor judgment. Despite all his experience and expertise, Rumsfeld has shown poor judgment. And George W. Bush's failure to accept Rumsfeld's offers of resignation suggests that the President has also demonstrated poor judgment. LAWRENCE H. GORDON Honolulu...
...University of Texas, in Austin. The government plays a huge role in education. They can ensure that there is appropriate funding, particularly in K to 12, the one area where we have suffered the most relative to underrepresented minorities in this country. But before we get the government to accept a big part of this, as voters and local participants in our communities, we need to prioritize...
...ethnic balance of the city, no one can move into Kirkuk without the permission of the Kirkuk governorate, and that permission has not been granted, according to Rebwar Talabani, the deputy governor of Kirkuk. A small number of families have fled to Kirkuk from Baghdad, "but we will not accept them as citizens of Kirkuk and we will not allow them to stay here," he said. "What people say about the Sadr movement is exaggerated by the media. We don't have any evidence of that...
...MANY’ AND ‘TOO EXTENSIVE’Novelist Rushdie, whose “Haroun and the Sea of Stories” recently was added to the list of novels that Viswanathan allegedly lifted from, criticized the sophomore yesterday.“I do not accept the idea that this could have been accidentally or innocently done,” Rushdie told CNN-IBN, an Indian-based network. “The passages are too many and the similarities are too extensive.”Rushdie said he blamed both Viswanathan and her publisher for the fiasco...
...book, Fonda certainly inspires women—through her own resilience—to adopt a stronger voice and be more aware of their intrinsic power. But America might not be prepared to accept full-fledged feminists yet. “I think that we’re perfectly ready to embrace a female head of state,” she says. “Whether we’re ready to embrace a strong woman who is not a ventriloquist for the patriarchy is another thing...