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Even the most ardent Saddam hunters have to admit that taking him out would entail a huge, high-risk military operation: months of preparation to deploy thousands of ground troops to fight their way to the Iraqi capital while courting substantial casualties, then arrest or kill him. The U.S. would be pitched into an open-ended occupation and saddled with rescuing a devastated economy...
...Tucker's many defenders were ardent, but in the end the law proved equally so. Karla Faye Tucker, despite her professed moral and religious restoration, was a brutal double murderer. For that she died...
...respect and understand Jerry Seinfeld's decision to make this his show's last season [TELEVISION, Jan. 12]. An ardent fan, I find myself disappointed that there won't be any future episodes in which I could see Jerry in a puffy shirt and discover whom Elaine finds sponge-worthy. But Seinfeld will go out with dignity. Yada, yada, yada. NANCY HAMILL Alberton, P.E.I...
Even to the most ardent pro-lifers, it is apparent that Roe v. Wade will not be over-turned any time soon, if ever, and that abortion will most likely always remain legal in this country. However, this does not mean a defeat for one side of the issue, but an opportunity to re-address the unfortunate reality that still exists: the callous disposal of human life and the lessening of its importance to society as a whole...
...ardent advocate for the rights of children, from genetic formation onwards, I long for the day when abortion is no longer the quick fix for some and seemingly the only outlet for others; I look forward to its being made illegal as well. At the same time, I have no wish to see poor women die or suffer future infertility from botched illegal abortions. Nor do I wish to see women of means help create a cottage industry of border abortion clinics in Canada and Mexico...