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...response to President Obama's efforts to solve the West Bank--settlement issue. Israel accepted $2.4 billion in aid last year from U.S. taxpayers, yet the Katz family and fellow settlers tell us to "butt out." Californians could use that money to ease our budget crisis, and we know better than to bite the hand that feeds us--even when it's our money in the first place. Doris Concklin, CARMICHAEL, CALIF...
When the manager arrives, Gault asks her to at least meet her halfway. But the manager does one better and gladly agrees to match the Web price...
...know what. Perhaps I felt more at home thinking about sentence structures than pounding and slapping hands with street-smart New York City students out in the physical world. After I bungled the handshakes, I always felt cold and distant. But I wanted to get to know B better. From the start, I admired his unselfconscious enthusiasm...
...MSNBC appearance: "These people, together with the president of their network and their board members should be serving lengthy prison terms for aiding and abetting this massive fraud and treason. Thease [sic] people better clean up their act or I will not live [sic] a stone unturned untill [sic] they all are in prison for what they are doing to their country." - Taitz's official blog...
...whereas the ratio recommended by the UN for peacetime policing is almost double that. Hence, the temptation arises to take "short cuts" - such as arresting suspects illegally and forcing them to confess, instead of spending time collecting forensic evidence and recording witness statements. While calling on the government to better train, equip and pay the police, the report also suggests that any evidence obtained by using torture must be inadmissible in court, and independent investigations into complaints against the police must be strengthened...