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...Obama Administration, for its part, feels as if it has no choice but to overhaul its policy. "We're in potentially a different place now with North Korea," a senior Administration official tells TIME. Obama came into office determined to close the deal George W. Bush had started to negotiate during his second term: persuading the North to stand down its nuclear program in return for an array of economic benefits as well as eventual diplomatic recognition by Washington. For now, that strategy is off. "I'm tired of buying the same horse twice," said Defense Secretary Robert Gates late...
...Michelle Obama, the great-great-granddaughter of slaves, up close is to finally see America up close. Until her arrival, most Americans did not know the White House and Capitol were built by slaves. For those who contributed so much to our nation, the time has arrived for their progeny to receive their just due. Helen H. Gentry, Detroit...
...Michelle Obama, the great-great-granddaughter of slaves, up close is to finally see America up close [June 1]. Until her arrival, most Americans did not know the White House and Capitol were built by slaves. For those who contributed so much to our nation, the time has arrived for their progeny, the Michelles and Baracks, to receive their just due. Helen H. Gentry, DETROIT...
...Says He's the Great Reformer Stewart witnessed at close hand Labour's shock defeat in the 1992 election it was widely expected to win. That defeat inspired Labour's painful decision to throw out old class-war shibboleths and remake itself for a newly prosperous nation. The party now faces a similar proposition, Stewart believes: reform or die. "If the Labour Party fails to reform itself, then the second stage is that the electorate will reform it by throwing it out," he says, adding: "Barring an event like the Falklands War which helped save [Margaret] Thatcher, Labour...
...Good God, do not close this abortion clinic for this reason.' TROY NEWMAN, leader of the antiabortion group Operation Rescue, lamenting plans to shutter Dr. George Tiller's clinic because of Tiller's murder rather than ideological opposition to the practice...