Word: corruptible
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...that reality and logic discourage. But then the latest chaos in Gaza came up on the news, only to remind me of the reason why I chose this path of speaking up for Palestinians. The people entangled and entrapped in the complex fabric of the Israeli occupying forces, the corrupt Palestinian Authority (PA) and the militants who have virtually taken over—these people are my reason and my cause...
...many people mystified by the contradictions in Jefferson's life? Seneca was a corrupt statesman who wrote works glorifying morality. When asked how he could reconcile such contradictory views, he answered that he was certainly better than someone who was corrupt and wrote books glorifying immorality. Jefferson was not corrupt, but he preached the sublimity of liberty and yet was a slave owner. Jefferson could have given an answer similar to Seneca's. ANGELO A. DE GENNARO San Antonio, Texas...
...euphoria that are badly needed, even if he sometimes behaves like a provincial arriviste - which often irritates me as well. I would like the media to take a broader view of Italy because the undiluted criticism is harmful. Just because an Italian is rich doesn't mean he's corrupt. Philippe Saenen Rome Tenet Steps Down "Out of the line of fire" [June 14], about George Tenet's resignation as CIA director, reported on U.S. intelligence shortcomings before 9/11 and leading up to the Iraq war. A more recent issue is the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners. Those tactics...
...President, co-directed by Bill Clinton confidant Harry Thomason, assails what it calls a long-term right-wing campaign to destroy Clinton; Control Room looks at Iraq as seen by Arab news channel al-Jazeera. Meanwhile, John Sayles' fictional Silver City gives us Chris Cooper playing a corrupt--and familiarly fumble-mouthed--gubernatorial candidate...
...America, inheritor of the Group Theater tradition (where in the 1930s Strasberg first came to controversial prominence). They had long needed a star to lead their revolution--against the well-spoken, emotionally disconnected acting style that had long prevailed on stage and film, indeed against the whole slick, corrupt Broadway-Hollywood way of doing show business...