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...RESIGNED. ANDREW LINDBERG, 52, chief executive of Australian wheat exporter AWB; amid allegations of corruption involving the United Nations oil-for-food program governing trade with Saddam Hussein's Iraq; in Melbourne. U.N. officials claim that from 1996 to 2003, when AWB-formerly the state-controlled Australian Wheat Board-was the largest supplier of humanitarian goods to Iraq, the firm gave up to $222 million in kickbacks to Iraqi ministers in exchange for lucrative contracts. AWB has denied any wrongdoing...
...Your "Mind & Body" stories were timely and made important points about healthy modern living. The article by Dr. Andrew Weil, "You (and Your Brain) Are What You Eat," explaining the significance of vegetables and recommending the use of the yellow spice turmeric, was insightful. What is generally not understood is how to make vegetables appealing and tasty and how to use spices naturally in cooking. Useful ideas can be found in the cooking of south India. Even vegetable haters become vegetable lovers with the proper use of spices and legumes. Alamelu Vairavan Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
...Above the Law? Andrew Sullivan, in his essay "America Doesn't Need a New King George" [Jan. 23], was right to criticize President George W. Bush's habit of attaching signing statements that give his interpretation of the legislation he signs. Taking the oath of office, Bush swore to "protect and defend" the Constitution. But his Administration is undermining that document's checks and balances. If lying under oath about an affair was reason enough to bring impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton, then there is cause 10 times over for impeaching Bush. Shame on him, and shame...
...Andrew Sullivan's blog, the Daily Dish, can be found at time.com...
...Enter Andrew Burstein and his third work on Thomas Jefferson, “Jefferson’s Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello.” Burstein attempts to prove that in addition to the image that we all hold of Jefferson from his actions on the political scene, his retirement correspondence can shed new light on the already mythical figure...