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Bush constantly cites the example of postwar Germany and Japan to argue that it is far too soon to call Iraq a failure. In turn he sounds like Truman, Johnson and Reagan when he says war and its aftermath are always hard and messy, that a failed state would be a disaster causing dominoes to fall, that a free Iraq would be a beacon to the world. Asked again last week what his greatest mistake was, he is ready with an answer. "Had we had to do it over again," he says, "we would look at the consequences of catastrophic...
...makes her the oldest documented person in the U.S. And there's plenty of life in her yet. "I can remember names pretty well," says Johnston, who lived on her own in an apartment until age 98 but now shares a house in Worthington, Ohio, with her daughter Julie Johnson, 81, and Julie's husband Bruce, 83. In fact, Johnston's mind is so sharp that she still solves word jumbles in her head; remembers joke punch lines; and, when she has trouble sleeping, runs through the names of her 36 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, rather than counting sheep...
Your article stated that "the Democratic candidate deals in shades of gray, which means reaching a decision can be a long and winding road." Unfortunately, Kerry's winding road contains so many hairpin turns--his flip-flops--that he does not inspire confidence. RICHARD L. JOHNSON College Station, Texas...
...Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon. "Nobody wants to be left hanging with the next Dan and Dave," he says of Reebok's infamous $25 million ad campaign for Barcelona in 1992, which played up the rivalry between decathletes Dan O'Brien and Dave Johnson. After six months of hype, Reebok yanked the ads within minutes of O'Brien's failing to qualify for the Olympic team...
...Staff writer Evan R. Johnson can be reached at erjohns@fas.harvard.edu...