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...doing, for I am also convinced that President Bush's foreign policy is dangerous and counterproductive. As a retired colonel who served in the Italian army for 35 years, including several U.N. peacekeeping missions, I can tell you that only those who have never personally been in a combat situation want war and seek it. People like me and Vietnam War hero John Kerry abhor it and would do anything to avoid it. Hurrah for George Soros! Vincenzo Iannelli London...
...spirit of midterms, here they are in a sentence: Harvard hopes to match lines to combat Dartmouth’s top line of Hugh Jessiman, Mike Ouellette and Lee Stempniak, even though, as the lower seed, it doesn’t have the last change...
...bombing in Madrid reflects another element of American egocentrism that needs to be remedied. Terrorism threatens all nations. It did not take Madrid to demonstrate this fact, but it has devastatingly reiterated the need for international cooperation to combat it effectively. The United States needs to realize that it does not stand alone as a target of terrorism, and that it cannot stand alone in defense against it. I think this is largely understood, but in order to achieve effective international cooperation, the United States cannot casually disregard international sentiment as it did before attacking Iraq. A successful global coalition...
While the embryonic cells, unique in their biological simplicity, are particularly useful to scientists, they have raised a number of bioethical and religious concerns. Anyone who experiments with Melton’s cells will have to do so without government funding—and will have to combat fierce ethical contestation as well. “It’s been extraordinary to watch the science progressing in the face of enormous political obstacles,” Rajagopal wrote...
While I accept the explanation that Bush decided not to renew his flight physical because he was no longer flying the jet he had trained on, I think it is remarkable that he was able to make a decision that negatively affected his combat-readiness status. I served in the military, and I had no idea that I could have just decided to opt out of required training or physical exams. JACK SLADE Knoxville, Tenn...