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...case with Al Gore. It worries me no end that if Kerry is the Democratic candidate, he will lose to the simplistic, shallow, flag-waving appeal of George W. Bush. The U.S. needs someone like John Edwards to inspire its youth and other voters to participate and to get rid of the Bush scourge on America's national welfare and future. Carl Richane Slough, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...only is Kerry presidential, he is positively Lincolnesque. Maybe if we elect him, the South will secede again, and Congress will finally be rid of those rock-ribbed, Bible-thumping Christian conservatives who have bedeviled it far too long. John Cushman Beaverton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...Airline Pilots' Association, said the TSA should learn from the incident. "This is exactly what we warned TSA about when they came out with their rule on pilots having to carry their firearms in lockboxes. The lockbox was a bad idea from the start and TSA needs to get rid of it." A TSA official acknowledged that the incident was of concern to the agency and was under investigation. He also said the TSA had no immediate plans to overhaul its policy on how off-duty pilots transport their weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gun That Got Away | 2/19/2004 | See Source »

...like having grit in a shoe that you never quite get rid of. One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life. And yet I still have the same passion for musicmaking and for expression. I wouldn't say that I've mellowed. I'm less mellow, perhaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with Annie Lennox | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

...would, were there less unscheduled time to finish it all. Eliminating reading period from the calendar would also eliminate the onerous work accompanying it. Where workload must be standardized among many different course offerings, as in the Core, this would be particularly effective: Harvard could force professors to get rid of superfluous readings and to choose between a few shorter papers and a single research project...

Author: By Luke Smith, | Title: A People's Calendar for Harvard | 2/11/2004 | See Source »

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