Word: nelsons
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President Kim Dae Jung treasures his reputation as the pro-democracy hero who risked his life?more than once?to end South Korea's long period of military rule, for which he earned the sobriquet of Asia's Nelson Mandela. Kim took office promising to protect Korea's fledgling democracy and its freedoms, including an unharassed media. In a 1998 address, the newly elected Kim stressed the importance of a vibrant, sharp-tongued press: "A President should not wish to hear only sweet words...
...other four - outfielder Mike Cameron and pitchers Freddy Garcia, Kazuhiro Sasaki and Jeff Nelson - are there thanks to Torre (and injuries to Yankee closer Mariano Rivera and token Devil Ray Greg Vaughn...
...Mariners are now made of players like Edgar Martinez, a quietly stellar hitter who will be batting .300 with 125 RBIs well into his 50s. Bret Boone and John Olerud are fine players and deserving, but superstars? More like hometown voting passion. Likewise Cameron, Garcia, Sasaki and Nelson - none of these guys are going to make Rodriguez-type money or do Griffey-type commercial endorsements...
...Holl's principles and intuitions have culminated in his plan for a major addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo., scheduled for completion in 2004. This time he comes as close as possible to working in pure light--a sequence of "light wells," translucent structures strewn across the museum grounds like giant crystal boxes, each of them admitting sunlight to galleries underground...
...that everybody's happy - not even close. Most environmental groups would prefer not to drill at all, and Florida Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson, quickly dubbed the plan "the proverbial camel's nose under the tent." (Norton did say the plan would call for a reconsideration of its limits in six years.) And the energy industry and its friends in Congress are just plain appalled at Bush's lack of backbone...