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...very talented skater, but she has not yet developed the beauty and grace that Michelle Kwan has. And she has certainly not developed the ability to control what she says to the press. Her comment that Kwan is "just another competitor" was ludicrous. Remarks like that will not endear her to skating fans. Hughes has to show she has class as well as talent. LANA EDWARDS Delray Beach...
...opportunity for the exile community to redeem its image in light of the charges of intolerance that followed last year's Elian Gonzalez saga. The protests against the return of the six-year-old to his father in Cuba prompted charges of intolerance within Miami, and did little to endear the exile community to the wider American mainstream. And with pressure mounting in Washington for a reexamination of the four-decade-old embargo against Cuba that has failed to make any discernible dent in Fidel Castro's power, Mas Santos and other younger CANF leaders saw the Grammys...
...officials suggest that the only logical way around China's opposition is for Washington and Beijing to agree, at least tacitly, to allow China to have enough nukes to trump whatever missile shield the U.S. deploys. That won't endear Bush and Rumsfeld to G.O.P. conservatives, but Washington insists the shield is not aimed at China anyway. "They may even double the number" of their missiles aimed at the U.S., Powell told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Other government arms experts believe a U.S. missile shield could trigger a tenfold increase in Chinese missiles aimed at the U.S. China...
...Kabila had no political base, of course, outside of his home region in the far-off southeast, and his autocratic ineptitude and shameless cronyism did little to endear him to the residents of the capital, who saw him as a Rwandan imposition on a country that might have had its own ideas on alternatives to Mobutu. Kabila's failure to stamp out the Hutu insurgency exasperated the Rwandans, and his leadership style fomented widespread resentment in the ranks of those who'd fought in the rebel armies of the east. When Kabila switched his support to the Hutu groups...
...interests. Bush depends on wealthy, well-connected supporters to a huge extent, clearly shown by his immense early fundraising advantage. In order to attract McCain's supporters, he should show some of McCain's courage and propose a strong and comprehensive plan of campaign finance reform that may not endear him to his wealthy donors...