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...increasingly interdependent world, we have seen the terrifying power of individuals to do great harm. Yet there is a more hopeful side of this interconnected age: private citizens have never had more power to advance the common good and secure a brighter future...
...courage takes many forms. There is the courage of speaking truth to power, of taking the road less traveled, of taking exception to the conventional wisdom. But sometimes, for certain kinds of reporters, the courage demanded is the old-fashioned kind: to risk your life by venturing into harm's way, to be scared but not deterred, to put other people's safety ahead of your own. Our senior correspondent Michael Weisskopf has displayed both kinds of courage--which you will see in this week's extraordinary cover...
...WHAT IT SAYS IT DOES Aims to help elect Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to Congress and hold current members of Congress accountable for "votes and positions that harm America and its troops and veterans...
...things - tyrant, populist dictator, drug trafficker, to name a few," Chavez said. "I'm not attacking Bush; I'm simply counterattacking. Bush has been attacking the world, and not just with words - with bombs. I think the bombs he's unleashed on Baghdad or Lebanon do a lot more harm than any words spoken in the United Nations...
...Public health and environmental groups were quick to call the new rules too lax. According to a report from the American Lung Association, the new rules "leave far too many people at risk of serious harm - even premature death - from breathing unhealthy, polluted air." The Lung Association, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association all favor a daily standard of 25 microgram per cubic meter of air for fine particles and an annual limit of 12 micrograms per cubic meter...