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...broad-ranging--everyone is really pleased," Dalgarno said. "He's a valuable citizen and member of the department. He is a good teacher and has a lot of students who do very interesting projects...
Texaco has long been a leader in corporate exploitation and environmental devastation, especially in developing countries such as Ecuador and Burma. Although its practices have little effect on Americans except to lower the price at the pump, any responsible citizen of the world should be out-raged at the company's reprehensible outward behavior as well as the racism within...
Mueller had long taken great pride in being a "little guy." He was among the hundreds of thousands of enlisted people in the U.S. military whose work enables the stars to shine. Born in Germany, he became an American citizen shortly after marrying Rosa, a Texas woman, in 1977. He loved playing and coaching soccer and making fishing lures with his two sons, Daniel, 15, and Marcelo, 11. Before his trial, numerous colleagues, including two F-15 pilots, submitted letters praising Mueller's skill and integrity. Captain Christopher Foster, an F-15 pilot, wrote that he would "feel completely comfortable...
...proposal raised hackles among safety advocates and their traditional foes, the Big Three automakers in Detroit. "It's bad public policy," says Joan Claybrook, who led the NHTSA in the Carter Administration and now runs the watchdog group Public Citizen. "For the government to tell people it is O.K. to disconnect their air bags is a terrible idea that sends the wrong signal." Claybrook blames Washington and the car manufacturers for failing to instruct the public in basic matters such as never allowing small children to ride in front seats and wearing seat belts to make the air bags most...
...dragged through the mud without their having any recourse even after they are cleared. Our system often holds you are guilty until proved innocent. I pity Jewell's mother for the way she was treated. I hope she and her family will accept an apology from me, as a citizen of the U.S., for the way our government has treated them. SCOTT D. ZANE Galena, Illinois...