Word: americans
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...TIME devote seven pages to the "Decade from Hell" without acknowledging that for eight of those years, we had one of the worst Presidents in American history? The divisiveness that Bush and Cheney fostered was a key part of this abysmal decade. John Gruhl lincoln...
...author invoked the triumphalist narrative of the U.S. and its western Allies winning World War II and later toppling communism. First of all, the Soviet Union and the Allies won World War II in concert. The U.S.S.R. lost over 25 million people in WW II, whereas Americans half a million. Secondly, the U.S.S.R. was collapsing without very much external influence - succumbing to pressures unrelated to U.S. policy whatsoever. The greatest feats are not always American ones. Nodira Karimova Queanbeyan, Australia...
...Different Sort of Empire Re "The World of China Inc." [Dec. 7]: The Chinese are able to secure resources from other lands by using their financial clout - this is far preferable to the traditionally European and eventually American tactic of sending in troops and killing civilians as we have seen in the invasion of Iraq and the securing of its oil. C. Reynolds Manukau, New Zealand...
Michael Kinsley's column is a prime example of why liberals get such bad press. It's utter nonsense to posit that being black or privy to the African-American experience somehow endows Morgan Freeman or James Earl Jones with voice-of-God vocal cords. Their riveting vocal abilities are not racially based...
...American Idol standout ADAM LAMBERT dropped from TV appearances, but not because he's gay or anything...