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...applaud the attention being given to child abductions. It is high time that we are outraged by these crimes and take steps to stop them. This problem is real, no matter how few children are involved. The many children on public assistance or otherwise "lost" is a different issue. To suggest that kidnappings are getting too much of the attention does not help and, worse, it could lessen chances that law enforcement, communities and the media will use every resource available to find abducted children. LAURA KOTZ Greensboro...
...cleverer approach would be for the Administration to applaud those who set up the court, and look forward to the day when laws govern the ways that nations and their armed forces behave. But Washington should argue that for now, the world is a dangerous place. It often falls to the U.S., as the most powerful nation on the planet, to apply force so as to mitigate evil. True, the U.S. uses its power primarily in its own interest, as do all other nations; nonetheless, the American military machine is a unique global resource whose actions often accrue...
University President Lawrence H. Summers reacted to last week’s news with characteristic sanguinity, saying, “I applaud the circuit court’s decision, which represents the endorsement of the kinds of admissions process that Harvard has used for years...
...would be ludicrous for the Ad Board to try a suspected murderer, and we applaud the administration for realizing that it is also ridiculous for a Harvard board to try a suspected rapist...
...applaud the circuit court’s decision, which represents the endorsement of the kinds of admissions process that Harvard has used for years,” he said...