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...Kerry's trouble is that he is so determined to become President that he will say anything, which leaves him unable to defend his multiple positions. But people who have a core set of values have no difficulty communicating them. That Kerry was partly educated in European boarding schools does not prove he overintellectualizes. It suggests that he believes he is entitled to govern the country, never mind that he has neither the skills nor the values needed for that task. Duane E. Lamers Troy...
...effective. Hajji Ali, 38, is a former history teacher from Sadr City, al-Sadr's stronghold in Baghdad. He commands a small group of fighters in Najaf and explains how they operate. "I came with 10 men, and the commanders here gave me a part of the city to defend," he says. "When the Americans advance, we harass and retreat, fire from new positions and then retreat again. If the attacking force is too big, we call for support." In the past month, three in his unit have been killed and five injured, he says. Other fighters say they...
...makes them standards." Bennett loves the old standards; by now he is one - a cultural conservative with a liberal message. At times, he stoops to editorializing. To underline Irwin's seductive malevolence, Bennett begins the play in the present, where Irwin is now instructing politicians how to lie - to defend a severe new law by telling constituents that "loss of liberty is the price we pay for freedom." At the end, the playwright piles on the codas, explaining in faux-documentary style what became of the lads, even providing a violent death. That's an odd exclamation point...
...Secretariat, he has hardly proved a competent official willing to take political chances to save innocents’ lives. As head of the U.N.’s peacekeeping operations, his intentionally muddled directives made for confusion amidst blue helmets in Bosnia, leaving them unable to militarily defend towns that were designated as “safe zones.” His failure to clarify this language, even after he was asked to by several commanders, led Dutch peacekeepers in Srebrenica to simply stay inside their barracks, rather than stop the Bosnian Serb military from massacring 7,000 Muslim refugees...
Coming to the climax of an up-and-down season, the No. 4 Radcliffe heavyweight crew will pack up, head west, and defend its title at the NCAA Championships this weekend in Sacramento, Calif...