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...After reading??"One Day in Iraq," I hope the American people never forget the pain of war [June 4]. What a sad day for the U.S. and the families of these young men. Aureliano De La Torre said, "Now that my son is gone, there is a vacancy in Iraq. Maybe the President would like to send one of his daughters over there to continue to fight in Jesse's place." Let us not forget that Bush himself passed on the chance to fight. After reading the stories of these six men, it seems the vacancies will be hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Jun. 18, 2007 | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...enjoyed reading??"The Year in Medicine from A to Z" [Dec. 5] and appreciate that valuable update. You missed an opportunity, however, to tell your readers about the minimally invasive technique of carotid stenting for the treatment of carotid-artery blockage. The procedure became available this year, following FDA approval of the devices in 2004. Carotid stenting can be performed in even high-risk patients who are not candidates for surgery. That means perhaps 30% or more of ischemic strokes can be avoided, saving thousands of lives and averting severe physical incapacity. RENAN UFLACKER, M.D. Mount Pleasant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 26, 2005 | 12/19/2005 | See Source »

...ahead before deciding what to do tomorrow morning, should be so much at home in the 19th century. However, states and statesmen were more predictable during that period, and the margin for error was a little greater. He is not alone in arguing that the U.S. could benefit from reading???and understanding?history. "The pre-eminent task of American foreign policy," he has said, "ought to be to get some reputation for steadiness. Whether we are dangerous to our enemies one can argue, but we are murder on our friends. We will not get steadiness unless we can have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KISSINGER: THE USES AND LIMITS OF POWER | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

...just think of that, people who are reading???England will never fail. . . . The good God gave the British people their immortal soul of Honesty, which will always rise to the occasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Saucy Budget | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

...Crime) and parts of many others, Ford says: "You could always tell when he really admired work. It would manifest itself in two ways. You would be reading at one end of the room and he at the other. It would be a new book he was reading???or perhaps a Flaubert, a Turgenev or a Maupassant. He would begin to groan and roll about on the couch where he was extended. After a time he would say: 'What is the use? I ask you what is the use of writing? When this fellow can write like this. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Books, Jan. 18, 1932 | 1/18/1932 | See Source »

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