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George W. Bush thinks the world of marriage. In last Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, he described it as “one of the most fundamental, enduring institutions of our civilization.” Administration officials are preparing to launch a $1.5 billion initiative aimed at promoting healthy marriages through workshops teaching marriage skills, mentoring programs and even advertising campaigns to publicize the value of marriage. In fact, our president feels so strongly about marriage that he wants to make sure millions of gay and lesbian Americans never get a chance...
That Jaish-e-Muhammad has the capacity to launch sophisticated attacks on the President, possibly with insider help, is a situation partly of Musharraf's making. The government in Islamabad has long coddled militant Islamic groups, encouraging them first to help drive the Soviets out of neighboring Afghanistan and later to torment Indian troops in the part of the disputed state of Kashmir that is under Indian control. It was to this latter cause that Jaish-e-Muhammad was devoted. Official tolerance of these groups, and in some cases assistance to them, continued after Musharraf took power...
...personality of the Ted brand remains obscure, though its launch is just weeks away. United claims Ted will offer not only the audio-video luxuries but also more legroom in the first six rows of the all-coach cabin as well as complimentary Starbucks coffee. The airline says it's striving for something different. But when Sean Donahue, chief of Ted, says, "We want people to feel welcome and relaxed," he raises the question of why passengers don't feel that in United's "Friendly Skies...
...space community is the Bush proposal's heavy reliance on the moon as a stopping point on the way to Mars. The President calls for NASA to establish a lunar base first, learn to live and work there, and then use that extraterrestrial space center as a launch facility where Mars craft shipped up from Earth in pieces could be assembled and relaunched...
...group will also launch an advertising campaign to publicize the new name...