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...1950s. Bush talks about his "heart" a lot; he is comfortable touching others in a way his father's generation wasn't. He is at ease around professional women. Even Cheney, in his way, has evolved. In his close relationship with his lesbian daughter Mary, he has obviously dealt with a subject matter no 1950s father would have gone near. But just when you think Cheney might be all wet, look at what gets him excited: energy policy, defense restructuring, tax cuts. He likes areas where you can get things done. And the more feminine qualities of empathy and compromise...
...write of suing only when you've been dealt with unfairly. Why is it so many people won't give you a fair shake...
...Added to that are political concerns. The Philippines has a new President, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and she announced from the start that she had no intention of suffering the humiliation dealt predecessor Joseph Estrada last year. Estrada succumbed to Malaysian and European pleas to hold the troops back and allowed Libya to broker a ransom deal. As a result, the ragtag band of one year ago has grown into a kidnapping army that can only get more audacious with every success. With Washington's backing, Arroyo refused all negotiation and ordered 5,000 troops into the scattered Sulu archipelago...
...this first controversial intervention, Knowles was dealt an unexpected hand when Goldfarb’s committee reported to him the following spring. Goldfarb says the committee circumvented Knowles’ charge by proposing alternative structures for the department but said each was imprudent. Knowles never followed...
...years-long battle royal rages on over a once uncontroversial memorial honoring the so-called Greatest Generation. Last month, the House of Representatives granted final approval to the memorial project, despite vocal and emotional opposition from some veteran groups and a handful of legislators. And Thursday, a federal judge dealt what appears to be a decisive blow to that opposition, denying a request to temporarily halt construction...