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...Iraq, wipe out Islamic terrorism, remake the Middle East. All of this with 130,000 troops who were to stay no longer than 18 months? Vast ambitions cannot be financed out of petty cash. And while clarity of vision and purpose informed the Administration's goals, it was blind when it came to calculating costs and consequences. No nation in history has ever squandered so much respect and trust, hence so much political capital, in so short a time. Yet your personal political capital, Madame Secretary, is intact. The new National Security Adviser, Stephen Hadley, is not a rival...
...said his village in the Sudan was raided by government troops, who killed—among others—a pregnant woman in labor and two blind elderly people who were unable...
Just as the reader doesn’t know what was driving the writer, the writer doesn’t know what to expect from the reader. The relationship has the setup of a blind date: The reader has a general idea of what the writer might say, but can’t predict much at all. Such uncertainty is characteristic of relationships in general, but what distinguishes the writer/reader interchange from most is that journalism is public, so the stakes are high. And when the subject involves sensitive material about people or communities, they are even higher...
...BLIND TO BIAS...
Fitzsimmons noted that because of the need-blind admissions policy, Byerly Hall will not know final financial figures for applicants until after students are admitted and their financial forms are reviewed...