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...leadership has invited Americans to take sides. That's because he has resolutely swung for the fences in both domestic and foreign policy. Despite coming into office with nothing like a mandate, he has governed as if he has one. As a result, Americans are divided over every big item on his ambitious agenda. Just as the country can't bring the war in Iraq to a tidy conclusion, it can't declare a truce over the fact that Bush took us there. For those who support him, the policy of pre-emptive engagement is the ultimate sign...
...Your item on the $2 million birthday party that former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski threw for his wife [Nov. 10] asked, "$2 million and the best he could do was Jimmy Buffett?" But Parrot Heads (as Buffett's fans are known) the world over would insist that Kozlowski's choice of musician was probably the single best decision he made during his Tyco tenure! RICHARD D. BELISLE Severna Park...
Your people item on magician David Blaine, who spent 44 days suspended in a Plexiglas box above the banks of the Thames River, referred to his "starvation for attention" [Nov. 3]. This was completely unwarranted. Blaine's stunts may be sensational, but there are easier ways to get attention. Blaine instead gathers his audience with performances of little illusion or fanfare but much talent and extreme physical control. He's impressive and inspiring. I have even thought of him while in the throes of labor pains, deleriously wondering to myself, "What would David Blaine do?" AMY SCHEER Orange City, Iowa...
Atari 10-in-1 Joystick A nostalgia item for older "kids," this retro joystick with 10 original games from the early '80s, including Pong, Asteroids, Centipede and Missile Command, plugs directly into your TV. jakkstvgames.com...
...same time, KFC had something other than the novelty factor going for it?the main item on the menu was familiar to Chinese. "You don't have to be a genius to sell chicken in China," says Jim Bryant, who brought Subway sandwich shops to China. But Novak, the Yum CEO, says success wasn't quite that simple. Over the years, "we stayed in touch with consumers' needs," he says, adding that KFC did a better job of "staying relevant" in China than it did in the U.S. Though KFC still offers its mainstay "original recipe" fried chicken, the company...