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...Cases that reach the Supreme Court often involve some of our most challenging public policy issues,” Porter said in an e-mail. “John Roberts’ background, experience, mind, and temperament make him a superb choice to sit on and to preside over our nation’s highest court...
...wake of revelations that his son has been driving a $140,000 BMW imported in violation of customs laws, and that his family has trademarked the symbols of the orange revolution. These include the word Yushchenko and the slogan i believe, I know, we can, both against an orange background, as well as the word tak! (yes) written over a lucky horseshoe. The Kommersant-Ukraine daily newspaper estimates the trademarks are worth some $100 million a year. Last week Yushchenko tried to limit the damage by admitting that "many new faces have come to power, but the face of power...
...Segway. I don't let it bother me. People have got to help me walk here and there, but they don't think of it as a limitation because I don't. You could also say the same thing about my ethnic background--being Asian, Chinese, in what is mainly a Caucasian world of business. I pretend it isn't there. The work-ethic part, you've got to be passionate about what you do and instill that passion. I don't expect people to do things I don't do myself. If I'm traveling coach, working 24/7, working...
Your article on West enlightened me about his background and views of rapping. He shows the class, intellect and business ethic of African Americans. As a white teacher in an urban setting, I am pleased to see a role model for many of my students who aspire to become rappers. You don't need to be a drug-dealing thug...
...time, Joe Allbaugh, declared, "the President couldn't have chosen a better man to help...prepare and protect the nation." But how well was he prepared for the job? Since Hurricane Katrina, the FEMA director has come under heavy criticism for his performance and scrutiny of his background. Now, an investigation by TIME has found discrepancies in his online legal profile and official bio, including a description of Brown released by the White House at the time of his nomination in 2001 to the job as deputy chief of FEMA. On Friday, Brown, who became director of FEMA...