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...Cheney Gives No Ground I was chilled and appalled by Vice President Dick Cheney's glib answers to TIME's interview questions [Oct. 30]. His comments related to the debacle in Iraq?"We're not looking for an exit strategy. We're looking for victory"?reflected the stubborn disconnect from reality that has characterized the Bush Administration's prosecution of the war. How much longer will Americans allow our leaders to repeat the tired and disingenuous rhetoric that ignores the depressing reality in Iraq? Mark Wardlaw Santa Rosa, California...
...Speaker will also be under more pressure to push through lobbying and ethics reform but may find that harder to accomplish. After an election in which exit polls showed that voters are more concerned about corruption than the Iraq war, Pelosi needs to recover the high ground she lost with her endorsement of Murtha, who said he thought her reform measures were "total crap." It was bad enough that Murtha's candidacy turned the cable-news networks into a film festival of the grainy tapes from the Abscam sting in 1980, in which the Pennsylvania Congressman told an agent posing...
CELLULAR CABIN As early as January, Dubai-based Emirates will become the first airline to let passengers use cell phones during flight, provided they're set to vibrate. And please, no loud yapping with on-ground friends during the in-flight film...
...same manner as “Amour piquè par une abeille,” the last cantata “Apollon et Doris” proved accessible to a modern audience. The story of Doris, a sea nymph who resists Apollo’s advances on the grounds that he will not be faithful, could just as easily have been about two guests arguing over their relationship at a masquerade party. The cantata proved to be a particular treat because of the duet by Amy C. Stebbins ’07 and Kurt C. Crowley...
...streakers ran onto the field with 29 second remaining in the game. The painted letters “MIT” were visible on the back of one of them. Senior Neil Sherlock began approaching the man before restraining himself, and security guards eventually wrestled him to the ground before forcibly escorting him off the field.—Staff writer Malcom A. Glenn can be reached at mglenn@fas.harvard.edu...