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...take pride in my Italian heritage and cherish the culture and traditions passed down to me by my parents and grandparents. But I have always considered myself an American, with no need to add an ethnic prefix for further identification. As part of a great melting pot, we should accept our differences, not emphasize them or place dividing lines where none need exist. That said, I eagerly anticipate your forthcoming report on the U.S.'s 25 most influential Italians...
Meanwhile, in the strange parallel universe of Washington press conferences, federal officials regularly congratulated one another. "I think it is a source of tremendous pride to me to work with people who have pulled off this really exceptional response," Chertoff said Thursday. In an interview with National Public Radio, he was pressed six times about the misery of the 25,000 refugees at the Convention Center. Chertoff said he had not heard about any problems...
...Thank you for the report on the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing [Aug. 1]. Your stories were a reminder that most countries still consider the possession of nuclear weapons more a point of pride than the potential for murder. Why does a country have to prove its supremacy through its ability to destroy? Nations should instead boast of creating something that can benefit mankind: cures for illness, sustainable crops that can reduce famine and inspiring artistic and literary works that show the best of the human spirit. Xiao Zheng Bethesda, Maryland...
Recovery can be easier for big cities like Denver and Austin, where millions of dollars can be generated locally to rebuild. About all Fort Smith, Ark., had in abundance was patriotic pride when the Pentagon announced 14 years ago that its Fort Chaffee Army post would be closed. Homes in the small city of about 85,000 at the Oklahoma border fly the American flag year round, and folks always welcomed the hundreds of thousands of young G.I.s who had trained at the post since the 1940s. (Elvis Presley got his first Army haircut there after being inducted...
DIED. JOHN BAHCALL, 70, avuncular astrophysicist whose pioneering work helped explain why the sun shines; of a rare blood disorder; in New York City. In addition to solar physics, Bahcall was a forceful proponent of the Hubble Space Telescope, despite the program's many early glitches. "We can take pride in an achievement that no other nation could even consider," he told TIME in 1995, describing the Hubble as being "like our pyramids--but a whole lot more important...