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...recall effort, one that the left-of-center Oregonian has endorsed. Good-government types have excoriated Linn and the complicit commissioners for their concealment. "If they can't be trusted to make a momentous decision in an open, fair and respectful manner, they shouldn't be trusted to direct the daily operation of county government," thundered the Oregonian. "They have proved themselves unfit for public office...
...expand the financial empire built by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. At 17, the twins have 34 years of show-biz experience between them, from their debut on the sitcom Full House at the age of 9 months. Since then they have starred in and helped supervise dozens of direct-to-video films and fronted the mary-kateandashley brand of fashions, cosmetics and cell phones. Their earnings last year topped $1 billion. When they turn 18 next month, they will take official control of a company worth more than the gross national product of Mongolia. That should keep them busy...
...important that those who wish to dismantle the latter-day apartheid continue to speak candidly about it to the powerful in our country. They must also direct that same candor toward the powerless and move them to action, too. Put another way, leaders should not only speak truth to power, but they should also speak truth to impotence and generate power! To do less would only reshuffle the “separate but equal” deck in our schools...
Almost half can be squirreled away for the following year - and used for a direct-mail onslaught before an election campaign. For postage or a website, there's an annual allowance of up to $A30,800 (for large-area electorates). A senior Labor party figure says that in the 20 or so seats it is targeting at the coming election, its candidates will be facing incumbents with an average of $500,000 in taxpayer-funded resources for the poll. As well, the system of public funding for political parties provides $A1.90 for each "eligible vote". The more votes a party...
...failed to mention Jesus' role as a messianic reformer of the Jewish faith. He addressed his countrymen and their hopes for release from occupation by the hated Romans. That brought him into direct conflict with Rome, and that is why he was killed by the Roman method of crucifixion. ROGER PAYNE London