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...doesn't exhibit the necessary decisiveness on economic matters - and with a presidential election looming in 2009, they fear he has little hope of achieving much more ahead of the vote. "He's become more focused on not making mistakes than doing anything positive on potentially controversial issues," says John Arnold, president director of consulting firm APCO Indonesia in Jakarta...
McCain: Temper of the Times Although I am troubled by the refusal of Senator John McCain to answer many of the questions asked of him, the emphasis Time placed on that aspect rather than on his answers on the issues is another example of the media?s liberal bias [Sept. 8]. I was disappointed that the vast majority of your interview with McCain was devoted to his ?prickly? attitude, when the full version of the interview on Time.com had much more substance. Alanna Rice, Council Bluffs, Iowa...
...message seems to be resonating: scores of nearby communities favor revamping O'Hare. But Bensenville president John Geils--citing cost overruns and a funding shortfall--argues that part of his village is being gutted for a runway that "has absolutely no chance of being built." Further, he notes that increasing capacity just as soaring fuel prices nudge the aviation industry into a tailspin may be a fool's errand. (Andolino maintains that construction is on track: in November, O'Hare will unveil its first new runway since...
Although I am troubled by the refusal of Senator John McCain to answer many of the questions asked of him, the emphasis TIME placed on that aspect rather than on his answers on the issues is another example of the media's liberal bias [Sept. 8]. I was disappointed that the vast majority of your interview with McCain was devoted to his "prickly" attitude, when the full version of the interview on TIME.com had much more substance. Alanna Rice, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA...
...Back then, some of the leading figures in the movement, and in Ortega's cabinet, were Catholic priests who championed Liberation Theology - the leftist interpretation of Christian scripture as a revolutionary call for activism in pursuit of social, political and economic justice. The Sandinista priests were rebuked by Pope John Paul II over their involvement in politics; the pontiff's public scolding in 1983 of then Culture Minister Father Ernesto Cardenal coming as a major blow to the Sandinistas' standing among their predominantly Catholic citizenry...