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...improvement"? Think of the progress that could be made in curing cancer, aids and other diseases; in cleaning our water, air and soil; and in feeding hungry nations. Why confront the hazards of outer space when we should be fighting homelessness, poverty and unemployment on Earth? Corey Brunish Lake Oswego...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 16, 2004 | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

Hastert grew up hoisting 100-lb. seed bags onto his father's feed truck in Oswego, Ill. After graduating from Wheaton College, he started a 16-year career as a high school teacher and wrestling coach, experience he brought with him to Washington in 1986. "Coaching is something that gives you discipline," he says. "You have to spend a lot of time working on technique and bringing people together to get things done. That's the same thing I'm doing here." Hastert's let's-all-pull-together style proved popular with Republicans in the House. He rose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: The Not-So-Invisible Man | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...shooters all come back as prairie dogs! ALLENE GOULD Lake Oswego...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 28, 2000 | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

...accused me of undertaking solely to avoid planning our August itinerary--I started to wonder whether any of the 12,338 vacationers who were surveyed actually traveled with children. "It's funny you should ask," said Brooks Gump, a psychologist at the State University of New York in Oswego who reported the findings. "We have no information on that, but a lot of people have talked to me about the stress involved in vacationing with children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are We There Yet? | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

...life is woven of legalistic relations, there is an atmosphere of moral mediocrity, paralyzing man's noblest impulses." I submit that our Congress needs to reach higher to have a beneficial influence on our society and that it has so far been paralyzed by ignoble impulses. COREY BRUNISH Lake Oswego...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 22, 1999 | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

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