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...Washington, D.C.-based Center for Media and Public Affairs. It found that before Hillary Clinton dropped out of the Democratic race, evaluations of Obama expressed in the evening news were 62% positive vs. 38% negative; since then they have been only 28% positive and 72% negative. Before Clinton quit, on-air evaluations of McCain were only 34% positive vs. 66% negative; they have since been 43% positive and 57% negative. Jessica G. Gugino, Ayer, Massachusetts...
...idealistic, the Olympics are supposed to unite the world through sport. Yet any witness to the international medal race knows different--governments take these prizes seriously. So do their athletes. As American four-time discus champion Al Oerter once put it, "These are the Olympics. You die before you quit...
McCain's Bush Problem No responsible journalist would claim [July 28] that a "McCain presidency would ... bear scant resemblance to the Bush years." McCain has supported Bush legislation 90% of the time, which is hardly scant. Quit cheerleading for McCain. Jim Harvey, HADLEY, MASS...
...Features in the current issue include interviews with director Spike Lee and Edmonde Charles-Roux, the editor of Vogue Paris who quit in 1966 when the publisher wouldn't use a cover of black model. (Sozzani, by contrast, says she had the full support of her superiors.) There is also a profile of Michelle Obama. Sozzani is impressed with both the aspiring President and his spouse. "Neither one of them follow the trends, but they each have their own style," she says...
...Priests intend to quit their day jobs. "Weddings, funerals, baptisms - all of these things must go on," says Delargy. To enshrine their priestly duties as a priority, their contract includes a clause freeing them from promotional events when parish duties call. They have also insisted their images not appear in promotional campaigns that seem to endorse behaviors that violate Church doctrine, such as abortion or premarital...