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...wonder whether Abraham Lincoln would be elected if he ran today. Not likely. The challenges the U.S. faces, like terrorism and job outsourcing, are based on fundamental problems that will take years, if not decades, to solve. Politicians want to give voters the impression that there is a quick fix for difficulties that have developed over a long period of time. Vijayalakshmi Senthilkumar Beaumont, Texas, U.S. Kerry's military service and Vietnam heroics cannot be overlooked in our current state of war. Who is President Bush to ask American troops to go abroad and fight when he was disinclined...
...Arroyo, who trained as an economist at Georgetown University, declared in her State of the Nation address last month that her priority is to fix the economy "before it finds itself beyond hope of repair and [the Philippines is] doomed to share the fate of failed nations." She has followed up with a broadside of proposed reforms to eliminate the national budget deficit in six years, including eight new tax measures and other initiatives that she estimates will raise an extra $1.8 billion annually. She wants to change the corporate tax code so that amounts owed would be determined...
...chief tax collector in the impoverished Philippines, Guillermo Parayno does not receive a lot of positive feedback. For nearly two years, the 56-year-old commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue has battled tax cheats and rampant corruption, trying to fix a dysfunctional tax system that is so full of holes the country's solvency is threatened. Tired of fighting a losing battle, Parayno finally gave up in late July: he called President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and resigned. "There are still many leakages that have to be plugged," he told Arroyo. "I worry that I won't be able...
...program can win a viewing audience composed mainly of housewives who?ve got the day?s cleaning and shopping worries ahead of them.? Yet Phyllis was clairvoyant about issue-oriented daytime TV. She told the Washington Post: ?Women want to hear about other problems besides how to fix flowers in a pot.? Jack Gould, the TV critic for the Times, agreed. In a 1952 roundup of the medium, he highlighted ?It?s My Problem? as a show that ?provides a thoroughly adult discussion of child psychology and family difficulties...
...teen did balk, though, when Bowman tried to fix his starts and turns, the one area in which Phelps falters. In a sport measured in hundredths of a second, getting a smooth start can mean a world record; not wasting time at the wall can separate medal winners from also-rans. Phelps hasn't perfected his turns, says Bowman, because he is simply too good a swimmer. "He'd think, I'll just swim a little harder, and then say, 'That was a best time. How can you complain about that...