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...need look no farther than the Oval Office. Spring Davis Durham, North Carolina, U.S. What Surveys Show In "The Trouble With Polls And Focus Groups" [Oct. 4], columnist Joe Klein wonders whether focus groups have outlived their usefulness. They have, if candidates look to polls and focus groups to inform themselves about the right thing to do. But Klein shouldn't conclude that getting the public's opinion is no longer useful. When a candidate wants to persuade voters to agree with what he thinks is right, a focused group discussion (the original name for the technique) can be quite...
...rolled into Spokane, Wash., around 6 p.m. on a Tuesday. Spokane is one of those sleepy cities bursting with small-town pride--its residents will be glad to inform you, for example, that it's the smallest city ever to be host of a World's Fair--but it's a pretty quiet place on a Tuesday night. You can look both ways before you cross the street if you really want to, but it's just a formality. I sat on a park bench. A dude on the corner played the saxophone. Some punks on dirt bikes made...
...someone did inform on Shamil [Basayev], it would be the last thing they ever did. The informant would be a dead...
...sleeps secure in the knowledge that locals won't betray him, despite Moscow's $10 million reward for information leading to his capture. Asked if she would report Basayev to the Russians if she spotted him, one woman shot back: "Are you out of your mind?" According to Sharip, a Chechen police officer and childhood playmate of Basayev's, "If someone did inform on Shamil, it would be last thing they ever did. The very same person who took the call would phone Basayev straight away. The informant would be a dead man." Basayev maintains his protective bubble through fear...
...their weapons. We have taken an aggressive approach toward securing U.S. borders since 9/11 by focusing on closing interior immigration loopholes while shutting down the access and routes along our border. Therefore, I read with great disappointment your article "Who Left the Door Open?" The story failed to inform your readers of significant efforts by more than 34,000 DHS employees who work tirelessly every day to enforce our nation's immigration laws. In the past 18 months, the government has implemented more measures to counteract illegal immigration than in the past 10 years combined. Better use of technology, thousands...