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...earnest questions already translated into Japanese. But he meets with frustration again and again. A visit with Yoshindo Yoshihara, one of the last swordsmiths working in Tokyo, is an exercise in polite disappointment, as the master deflects and deflates all questions, making it clear that the meaning of his craft, like the ability to handle his swords, can't cross cultural borders. "We would not know the etiquette, how to sit, how to hold the scabbard or the hilt, how to slide the blade out by the back surface only. We were gaijin, capable of only hurting the swords...
...always be grateful. But now, in my older years, I am very glad to be part of Europe's rising fortunes. Even though at times it looks improbable, the E.U. keeps advancing. Marcelle Viale Nice, France The Army We Have TIME said a reporter helped army specialist Thomas Wilson craft the question he asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about U.S. troops having inadequately armored vehicles [Dec. 20]. That should in no way detract from the seriousness of the shortages and the problems that our troops are facing in combat in Iraq. It does not make Rumsfeld's answer...
...discretion. A defendant could receive 15 years in jail or probation, depending on which judge he or she stood before. But two decades ago, in an effort to make the system fairer, Congress passed the Sentencing Reform Act, which established a commission of judges and other legal experts to craft a range of penalties for each crime. Judges could increase or decrease the prescribed sentences because of aggravating or mitigating factors--a gun was used in the crime, for example, or the defendant served in the military--but they didn't have much flexibility. And with prosecutors allowed to present...
...Army We Have TIME said a reporter helped U.S. army specialist Thomas Wilson craft the question he asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about U.S. troops having inadequately armored vehicles [Dec. 20]. That should in no way detract from the seriousness of the shortages and the problems that our troops are facing in combat in Iraq. It does not make Rumsfeld's answer?"You go to war with the Army you have"?less callous or arrogant. And it certainly does not make the deaths and horrific injuries suffered by our troops less real or less painful to bear because they lack...
TIME said a reporter helped Army Specialist Thomas Wilson craft the question he asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about U.S. troops having inadequately armored vehicles [Dec. 20]. That should in no way detract from the seriousness of the shortages and the problems that our troops are facing in combat in Iraq. It does not make Rumsfeld's answer--"You go to war with the Army you have"--less callous or arrogant. And it certainly does not make the deaths and horrific injuries suffered by our troops less real or less painful to bear because they lack such protection...