Word: manners
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...cast them in a more favorable light. Lewis recently wrote a follow-up article in Sports Illustrated where he said that the words in that book were entirely his own making, and he was in no way pressured by the Athletics’ organization to write in a certain manner...
...made. This indefinite delay is frustrating as many students cannot work, study or make reasonably informed decisions for their future. The Department of Homeland Security must not veil administrative disorganization with the pretense of national security. To drag their feet when students can be screened in a timely manner is unacceptable. We hope the Bush administration receives Summers’ recommendations with open arms and takes decisive action to maintain the esteem of American institutions and keep this nation strong...
...about 20 on a scale of 1 to 100." Despite its recent hiring boom, the bureau still lacks sufficient Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Pashto linguists. In a preliminary report, the commission said the FBI fails to translate "thousands of hours" of audio-surveillance tapes "in a timely manner." When conversations of suspected terrorism-related subjects are translated, the commission concluded, they are "usually not disseminated broadly, not uploaded into a searchable database and not systematically analyzed for intelligence value." Mueller responded that all counterterrorism tapes are reviewed within a day, while translations in criminal cases such as fraud...
...those ads on the President: in a very serious year, he has allowed his candidacy to appear sarcastic and frivolous. In fact, most negative advertising seems sort of dumb and old-fashioned these days, especially when it's practiced in the crude, the-other-guy-will-eat-your-children manner favored by both the Bush campaign and liberal interest groups. "Bush has been running a 1988-model campaign," said a Kerry strategist, referring to the ton of sludge Bush the Elder successfully dumped on poor Michael Dukakis' head during that dreadful presidential year. "They assumed that if they dumped stuff...
...observers deny the seductive brilliance of Swiss philosopher and Islamic theoretician Tariq Ramadan, but disagreement over his true agenda is ferocious. Within the past half-decade, Ramadan has become enormously influential among Muslims throughout Europe. He calls for believers to embrace and practice Islam in a thoroughly modern manner. And he advises Muslims on how they can fully integrate into European societies without betraying the universal laws and values of Islam. A successful author, he sells around 50,000 audiocassettes of his speeches each year in France alone...