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...shame both Americans and Iraqis to hear a man as repugnant as Saddam presenting himself as a uniter and imploring Iraqis "not to hate." Executing Saddam won't extinguish those fires of hatred any more than it will relieve the pain of his victims. Only when Iraqis build a decent, humane society at peace with itself will they be able to erase the memory of the crimes for which Saddam died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spare Saddam | 12/29/2006 | See Source »

...That verdict was premature, but people believed it because they so desperately wanted to. Besides, Ford looked like an honest, decent man, and that, as people who knew him readily attested, is exactly what he was. Frank Capra might have made a movie of Ford's wholesome life to date, although perhaps without the improbable fade-out in the Oval Office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gerald Ford: Steady Hand for a Nation in Crisis | 12/27/2006 | See Source »

...gridiron immortal in the wake of the tragedy the team endured. The film's script (by Jamie Linden) makes it clear that a few people never did buy into Lengyel's gung-ho ways, and the director (McG), for the most part keeps the rah-rah spirit in decent check. This is a nicely muted comeback story - definitely not Rocky Balboa in shoulder pads - and it is the better for that restraint. Maybe We Are Marshall is not quite a thinking man's sports tale, but, on the other hand, you don't have to be a moron to enjoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sentiment -- Not Sentimentality | 12/21/2006 | See Source »

...Charlesview Apartments provide decent, affordable housing for people who, without this valuable resource, might be subject to the fears and frustrations that haunt so many families who are unable to find housing within their means...

Author: By Kevin A. Mccluskey | Title: Charlesview and the Future | 12/18/2006 | See Source »

...decent, fair-minded person has a moral obligation to condemn extremism, religious or secular. But the Pope's peremptory linking of Islam and violence is irrational and irresponsible, especially when such a wildly inaccurate judgment comes from somebody whose religion has historically caused more extensive and brutal suffering than Islam ever has. Husam Dughman Toronto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/16/2006 | See Source »

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