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...Many people are excited to get rid of [Acting Gov.] Jane Swift,” said Richard Harding Sr., a warden at the Quincy House polling place. “A lot of people disliked her, and most others didn’t have an opinion...
From the standpoint of Washington's hard-liners--those who insist that you can't get rid of the threat from Saddam's weapons of mass destruction without getting rid of Saddam--just going to the U.N. has risks. Diplomatic negotiations, with their shuffled compromises and ambiguous texts, are not the favorite terrain of the moral-clarity crowd, who need no fresh justification to get rid of Saddam. A White House aide says sharply, "We haven't said anything about a new [Security Council] resolution." But in practice, both American and foreign diplomats are working on the assumption that...
...that are implementing positive environmental change must have the support of the general population. This is difficult to achieve, especially in the U.S., with our profligate use of the earth's resources. Unless Americans realize that bigger is not better, environmental improvement will not occur. We need to get rid of our giant single-family houses and gas-guzzling SUVs, for a start. While your report was very positive, I am pessimistic about the future of the earth. MICHAEL D. LEE Wheeling...
...possibility of Saddam submitting to inspections when it first took the matter back to the UN - administration hawks such as Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld had long warned that reviving the inspection regime could prove a dangerous distraction to the Administration's efforts to get rid of the regime in Baghdad. Yet without going the UN route first, even the loyal Tony Blair might not have been able to sustain his support for a war in the face of overwhelming domestic opposition...
...tough games,” Yenne said. “Obviously the last two seasons we opened up with losses. It was just nice to have the first win under our belts. It just gives you time to work out the kinks. It gives freshman the time to get rid of their jitters...