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...much fuss might seem surprising, given the numbers involved. True, it is expected that more than twice as many estates will be taxed in 2007 as were in 1995. But that would still be only 73,000, or around 3% of the total. Liberals are fond of contrasting those numbers with the 10 million children who lack health insurance...
...system more secure. Making the records available online prompted a howl of protests from critics, who charged that anyone armed with another person's Social Security number, mother's maiden name and state where they were born could access records containing job history, salary and other information. Still, the fuss may contain more than a bit of unnecessary cyber-hysteria. Under the previous system, the agency would mail the records to anyone providing the same information along with a signature. Since the SSA has no way of checking the accuracy of the signatures, the old system really...
That's exactly what the European governments are afraid of. If the U.S. Senate plunges ahead and ratifies the new treaty, then the other allies are likely to do the same without much fuss. But if the Senate hesitates and asks to see proof of the European commitment, that could stymie the process in several capitals. "The essential thing is for the U.S. to go first," says a NATO official. So far it has, but that could change as swiftly as the political winds in Washington...
...creating a Hitler or an Einstein is baloney. While genetic characteristics such as height, hair color and sexual orientation may mirror the original, the thoughts and ideas of a clone will not. They are unique to each person. One day we will look back and wonder what all the fuss was about. BILL STOSINE Iowa City, Iowa...
...occur on government real estate, but are they any purer for that? Republican Senator Don Nickles signed a 1990 letter promising G.O.P. donors of $10,000 or more an invitation to the Bush White House and a chance to meet with U.S. trade officials and foreign ambassadors. Imagine the fuss if Clinton had enlisted other countries' ambassadors in his partisan fund-raising efforts. But Nickles says all this is different from Clinton's "coffees" because Bush just "dropped in on a reception. He was probably there 30 or 40 minutes." Forty minutes--harmless fun. An hour and a half--call...