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...country needs in its President. If Bush wins, it will prove once again that politics is not moral. Pascal Gendreau Paris Brink of Destruction After reading Simon Robinson's World Watch item "Slow Going in Darfur" [Sept. 6], I was very discouraged that the international community continues to balk on responding to the crisis in Sudan. One would think that after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we would have learned something. The world must act before yet another group of people is wiped out. William B. James III Galati, Romania
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Most people balk at the cost of these memberships, but for the exceptionally wealthy it's spare change. "What are people going to do with their money?" asks Bill Fischer, founder of Fischer Travel in New York City (the agency is so select that its telephone number is available only by word of mouth). "They have the houses, they've got the fancy cars and drivers. The next things are luxury and privacy--and they're willing to pay for them." --BY MELISSA CERIA
...teen did balk, though, when Bowman tried to fix his starts and turns, the one area in which Phelps falters. In a sport measured in hundredths of a second, getting a smooth start can mean a world record; not wasting time at the wall can separate medal winners from also-rans. Phelps hasn't perfected his turns, says Bowman, because he is simply too good a swimmer. "He'd think, I'll just swim a little harder, and then say, 'That was a best time. How can you complain about that...
...After a few years, he'll justify spending ?40 on a Diesel T shirt by telling himself he's worked so darn hard that he deserves a treat, even if it comes at a high price! After five years here, I still convert back to the South African rand, balk at the cost, but then hand over my cash. What else can you do? Jackie Cranke Collier Row, England Unanswered Questions After months of work, the 9/11 commission has found no evidence that Iraq was involved in the 2001 attacks on the U.S. [June 28]. Shortly after that news, President...