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...beef is not so much with prosecutors breaking the rules, although plenty do. In 2003 the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity found that prosecutorial misconduct led to charges being dismissed, convictions reversed or sentences reduced in more than 2,000 cases since 1970. Davis' greater worry is all the behavior considered within bounds but outside any reasonable notion of fair play. She points to a case's early stages to show the power prosecutors have for abuse--and how she would fix the system...
...Made in China Re Jyoti Thottam's "The Growing Dangers of the China Trade" [July 9]: Have we selectively forgotten that mad-cow-diseased beef and other tainted food products like bagged spinach and peanut butter originated on U.S. soil within the past few years? To pathologize China's industries as corrupt not only reeks of centuries-old Yellow Peril rhetoric but also fails to acknowledge the shortcomings of transnational regulations. We must take responsibility for cleaning up our own backyard when demanding that others take care of theirs. Rachel Endo, Omaha, Nebraska...
...Jyoti Thottam's the growing dangers of the China Trade" [July 9]: Have we selectively forgotten that mad-cow-diseased beef and other tainted food products like bagged spinach and peanut butter originated on U.S. soil within the past few years? To pathologize China's industries as corrupt not only reeks of centuries-old Yellow Peril rhetoric but also fails to acknowledge the shortcomings of transnational regulations. We must take responsibility for cleaning up our own backyard when demanding that others take care of theirs...
Dinner-party diplomacy didn't suit George Washington's palate. While the food was good--"roast beef, veal, turkey, ducks, fowls, jams, etc.; puddings, jellies, oranges, apples, nuts, almonds, figs, raisins, and a variety of wines and punch," recorded one guest--the host often sat in complete silence. It fell to others to set the table for key compromises in Washington's first term. When the first Congress reached an impasse over two issues--where to locate the permanent capital city and how to pay off the Revolutionary War debt--Thomas Jefferson asked Alexander Hamilton and James Madison to share...
...liked his cheeseburger. "It's not fast-food, where they cook it fast and you eat it fast. Here it's totally different." The culture clashes at Lucille's tend to be comical: Egyptian customers had a hard time understanding that a chicken-fried steak is a piece of beef, not poultry...