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...rights, Glenn, who is concluding a 24-year political career and easing into senior statesmanship, ought to be beyond such concerns. By choice, he's not. In less than three months--36 years after he blasted into the sky inside the titanium pod of a Mercury spacecraft--he'll return aboard the relatively lavish space shuttle. Even as Congress's August recess begins and the rest of Washington's lawmakers decamp for their favorite vacation spots, Glenn will be in Houston and Florida for his most intensive month of training since being assigned to the mission...
...tobacco bill, Clinton did nothing. Congress then giddily hacked up Clinton's budget priorities, slashing his requests for education, health care, child care and the environment. Last week Clinton complained that his budget requests for education and youth programs--$871 million for summer jobs, $260 million for tutors--"ought to be beyond all debate." He knows better; in Washington, everything's on the table. But he can't dicker and deal because he's on the table...
...been online since 1991, and I can tell you that online shopping has yet to live up to its potential. Faster? Nothing is faster than walking out of the store with the merchandise in your hand. Cheaper? It ought to be, but mostly it isn't. Better? Not according to your "meters," which rate the online shopping experience in six categories. You found Net shopping to be clearly better in only two out of the six categories. The one thing the Internet does sell very well is hype. Looks like you were buying. MELANIE NICKEL San Diego...
...House of Representatives. I have consistently supported legal accountability of federally governed health plans, along with choice and standards of care. The Patient Protection Act accomplishes these goals. While it does not go as far as I would like in allowing patients to sue HMOs for damages, this bill ought to be passed into law this session. I therefore support the Patient Protection Act and will continue to push for full liability reform in January. CHARLIE NORWOOD, U.S. Representative 10th District, Georgia Washington...
...lesser extent than in the past because of the civil rights movement." That, to be sure, is a message a lot of people, black and white, don't want to listen to anymore. But with an advocate as eloquent as Bond making the case, it's a message they ought to hear...