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...subtitles, or both, as in this film. Gibson is a primitive all right, but so were Cecil B. DeMille and D.W. Griffith, and somehow we survived their idiocies. Doubtless there will come a day when he joins them in the Valhalla of the vacuous. One or two more Apocalyptos ought to do the trick...
...political clout. As do the manufacturers of medical technology. So creating a payment system that makes competition work as it ought to--reducing costs rather than inflating them--won't be easy. But the same can be said for living in a society that can't afford its sick and dying...
...drink. Andrew Hailstone Bangkok The U.S. midterm-election results signaled that Americans want a change in U.S. foreign policy. President Bush made a start by replacing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The President should have followed that by removing John Bolton from his post as U.N. ambassador. Bush also ought to re-evaluate U.S. foreign policy toward Israel. How can the Bush Administration claim to be waging a war on terrorism when the U.S. supports the Israeli government's actions in the Palestinian territories and actively blocks any attempt by the U.N. to thwart them? Rory Morty Giessen, Germany...
Whom would you support for President: Hillary Clinton, whom you backed for Senator when she was still First Lady, or Barack Obama? He ought to get out there, test his wings and see whether there's any solid foundation for his popularity. No question - this is the time to do it. [But] right now, it would be Hillary Clinton, only because I know so much more about...
...Snowtime Re "The Snow Show" [nov. 13]: the Republican Party ought to nominate White House press secretary Tony Snow as its next presidential candidate. He is vigorous and intelligent and has a way with words. Unlike most of our politicians, he is neither stodgy nor crooked. He has a sense of humor and is fatally handsome in the bargain. In both stature and character, he's tall enough that we can look up to him. He's just the leader we need in our highest office. Richard H. Utt Loma Linda, California...