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...Scalia, Thomas and Alito. What type of judges would you appoint? -Bill Murphy Salt Lake City, Utah People who believe that the purpose of the judiciary is not to make law but to properly apply it. My own personal hero on the court is Scalia, not least because I duck-hunted with...
...Friday's bombing came a day after a rocket exploded 50 yards from the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a news conference in the Green Zone, causing him to cringe and duck just minutes after Prime Minister al-Maliki had said Ban's visit showed that the city was "on the road to stability." For those Iraqis were starting to breath easier in the capital and take advantage of the spring weather, the blast was another reminder of how far the U.S and Iraqi governments still have to go in implementing their ambitious five-week old security plan...
...Cashing in while gearing up - few politicians have the name recognition to pull it off, but after watching Giuliani, more of them may try it. The strategy germinated even before 9/11, as the lame-duck mayor hatched plans to start a consulting business, Giuliani Partners, with some of the leading figures from his administration. Their cachet would come from the renaissance of New York City during the Giuliani years: crime and welfare rolls down sharply, quality of life and overall snazziness trending...
...shorts, bright white and blazoned with red, black, and gold. I’ve got two hats—one with a snarling turtle that is often mistaken for a duck, one with “2002 National Champions” displayed proudly across the front...
...little else, President Bush has learned one valuable thing about Latin America since his last visit to the region: how to duck the protests. In 2005, at the Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Bush was greeted by violent demonstrations and angry speeches from leftist leaders like Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. But the five countries Bush has chosen for his six-day Latin America tour that starts today in Sao Paulo, Brazil, are led by either kindred conservatives or more moderate leftists. And the venues he's visiting are often far from metropolis hotbeds of anti-yanqui...