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...comparison between John F. Kennedy and President George W. Bush is certainly timely [July 2]. Kennedy had the ability to read the briefings his military advisers put in front of him, while Bush has someone read the information to him. Kennedy had a wealthy father, as Bush does, but he also struck out on his own. Kennedy fought in a war heroically, while Bush did not. Kennedy valued the Constitution as the foundation for our laws, while Bush has trampled it. Our next President must be highly knowledgeable of domestic issues and adept at foreign diplomacy to save us from...
...Edwards' mother) in return for a minimum donation of $6.10; the appeal brought in nearly $300,000 in a week, Trippi says. All it cost was the $20 or so it took to buy the pie ingredients, which made it a highly efficient way to raise money. By comparison, Trippi says, a direct-mail solicitation can easily run into hundreds of thousands of dollars once a campaign has paid for the cost of buying a mailing list, high-quality paper stock, personalized laser printing and postage...
...words words words” as Hamlet says. Or Nietzsche: “That for which we find words is already dead in our hearts.” Today, “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” sounds ugly to me in comparison to the eternal battlecry of the French Republic: “Liberté egalité fraternité.” The words themselves mean nothing, are even oxymoronic. But the passion with which they are spoken, the ubiquity with which they are inscribed upon the most sublime of monuments and museums, that...
...nation in offense this year with 16.43 goals per game—the Crimson program she inherits went just 5-11 in 2007, averaging 9.75 goals per contest compared to 15.5 scored by the team’s opponents. In nearly every statistical category, Harvard pales in comparison to the Orange—a fact that isn’t deterring Miller early...
...Duque, spokeswoman for Spain's Ministry of Health antidrug plan. "The infrastructure is already in place. They are just changing the cargo." Last year, Spanish police seized 46 tons of cocaine in joint operations with British, Italian and Dutch drug patrols, while Portuguese officials intercepted about 30 tons. By comparison, only about 74 tons of cocaine were seized in all of the E.U. countries in 2004, the latest figure available from the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction. Civil Guards at Madrid Barajas Airport have found cocaine on thousands of small-time mules, who hide the drug...