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...military wives in your article depicted as victims? These young Army wives, despite their age, are adults and are making choices for themselves. To have multiple children on an income under $1,000 a month is just plain foolish. The Rand report may be offensive in its characterization of military wives, but it sure sounds accurate. ANDREW HERLAN Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 6, 2001 | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

...approach such a complex subject. I am duly reminded of my amazing ignorance by my meetings with people who have spent their lives thinking about these problems, people whose experiences with and perspectives on the region’s Big Issues make my hesitant questions seem slightly naive and foolish...

Author: By P. PATTY Li, | Title: POSTCARD FROM JERUSALEM: Studying the Middle East | 7/20/2001 | See Source »

...media into a less-interesting missing-persons adventure. But while dature may abhor a vacuum, dark media suspicions flower in one. Condit's public pose - the politician's equivalent of pulling your coat over your head - has left the hordes one of two impressions: of a cowardly (and foolish) innocent or a cagey monster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Person of the Week: Gary Condit | 7/13/2001 | See Source »

...year, by their teachers, their parents and their friends. It probably won't hurt to bribe schools to add character to the things they try to teach (and $50 million a year is less than one half of one percent of the proposed education budget). But it'd be foolish to think a limited federal program can turn lousy teachers and parents into positive role models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pros and Cons of the Bush Character Education Plan | 7/6/2001 | See Source »

...MAKE FOOLISH PERSONAL DECISIONS. Hold on to your house. Lots of people think, I'll sell the house and move someplace where I can get another for one-third the price. But you are not likely to know people there or even know for a while how to meet people who can help you in the new location...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Work in Progress: Laid Off? | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

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