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...part to blame for this disgrace. Another reason is the never-ending need for politicians to raise money. Voters must demand meaningful campaign-finance reform. Elected officials found guilty of accepting bribes belong in jail like all other crooks. They should forfeit their costly, publicly paid pensions. John Hobbs Mount Arlington, New Jersey, U.S. I love it when dirtbags like Abramoff get busted. It reminds me that the difference between America and so many other countries is that in the U.S. these guys are prosecuted and there is at least some attempt to punish them. I appreciate all the good...
...below near the top of mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, New York, and U.S. lugers Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin are wearing skintight racing suits, perched atop a 60-cm-wide sled. Martin sits behind Grimmette, legs straddling his teammate. "I've got no traction on my feet," yells Martin. Grimmette, like a longtime nanny, instantly wipes them down with his gloves. The pair, teammates for 10 years, alternate deep breaths. "All right, be aggressive," says Grimmette. "Yup," replies Martin. With that, the U.S.'s best-ever Olympic luge team shoots from the starting block. Now supine...
...bobsled, tensions often mount between the driver and the "brakeman," who helps push the sled at the start and stop it at the end--there's no actual braking on the course. "If you don't care for that person and you win, it's kind of a double-edged sword," says the U.S.'s top woman bob driver, former brakeman Shauna Rohbock. Last season she dropped a partner she couldn't stomach. "You're winning, and then you're like, 'I don't want her to do well.' But she was on the sled." How inconvenient...
...high time that Congress be held accountable to the laws it is sworn to protect. American voters must demand meaningful campaign-finance reform. Elected officials found guilty of accepting bribes belong in jail like all other crooks. They should forfeit their costly, publicly paid pensions. JOHN HOBBS Mount Arlington...
...University-wide capital campaign. The campaign has been in a “quiet phase†since 2004 but its public launch has likely been delayed until 2008 or beyond. Abell and professors on the committee said that while FAS is “ready†to mount its own fundraising campaign, it will only do so in concert with the rest of the University...