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...talk about process, Kerry in his own way is doing the same thing; at some level this choice may come down to a gut check. It was political palm reader Bill Clinton who warned his fellow Democrats that in dangerous times, people may prefer a leader who is strong and wrong to one who is weak and right. That may be one reason that, even this early on, we have heard about Kerry's personal heroism in Vietnam; we may not know where the snipers are today, but we know he had the guts to run toward one 35 years...
...range of ways to endow Iraqis with power offers "no really good solutions," says a senior intelligence official. Washington would prefer to keep the Governing Council, which it handpicked, or expand it to "replenish" the group with broader representation than the current lineup commands. But neither of those arrangements, if managed unilaterally by the U.S., would look more legitimate to Iraqis than the current council, which is broadly dismissed as nothing but a U.S. proxy. Another option bandied about is a grand conference of religious, tribal and ethnic leaders modeled on Afghanistan's loya jirga, which would pick an interim...
...Faculty Development at Harvard Medical School Dr. Janet P. Hafler, who recently donated $500 to the Kerry campaign, said she contributed to Kerry because she thinks “he’s an outstanding candidate.” Harvard employees, she said, tend to support Kerry because they prefer his platform to Bush?...
...brick façade and food which The Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard describes as “pretty wretched” and “among the worst on campus.” Thus it is perfectly logical that first-years stranded far away from Annenberg would prefer Adams House to its neighbors like Quincy—their eschewing an icy winter trek to Annenberg being reasonable as well...
...uncouple the two components of marriage, civil and religious--the latter being the basis of much of the reaction against gay marriage--some would prefer to see a legal regime in the U.S. like those of many European nations, where couples marry at city hall in a civil ceremony. They are then free to wed in a house of worship as well, which is equally free not to marry them if it violates the traditions of that faith...