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...Everyone in the U.S. is being held to a higher standard than the President. The same people who are so vehement in their criticism of CBS and Rather continue to overlook the fact that Bush took us into war on the basis of faulty intelligence. Rather has apologized. Bush has expressed no regrets. The President should take responsibility and apologize for misleading the American people, just as CBS did. Nobody died as a result of the CBS program. Marsha Budz Boulder...
...man’s trials and tribulations—as well as honors and accolades. Phoenix is fantastic, but Travolta has an airy nonchalance totally incongruous with the seriousness of some situations. Director Jay Russell creates an familial world of jovial camaraderie sweet and good-natured enough to overlook its implausibility. It may not be a movie about real fire fighters, but it is a movie about real people...
YOUR DEROGATORY VIEW OF HARDWORKING undocumented workers was intolerable to me as a Hispanic American. We need immigration reform that makes our laws enforceable and frees up the border patrol and keeps out people who would harm us. Don't overlook the valuable contributions immigrants make...
...countered with its own case, accusing Boeing of benefiting from "massive" indirect subsidies: Department of Defense and NASA contracts. A U.S. trade official insisted last week that the Bush Administration is willing to overlook the more than $3 billion in loans European governments have given Airbus in order to get the superjumbo A380, which can carry 550 passengers, off the ground by 2006. But the official wants a commitment from the E.U. to "turn off the tap," adding that Airbus "should be able to compete on its own." Washington wants to head off any Airbus subsidy-supported plan to rival...
...he’ll win the Payton Award this year? Probably not. The totals he puts up by year’s end won’t be as high as those of many of his competitors, and voters who haven’t seen him in person will overlook him as a result...