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...saying the magic words freedom and democracy he could bring them into being, his simplistic optimism never had a chance against the complex reality. Bush's war has taken a bad but stable situation under Saddam Hussein and made it worse for Iraqis, the region and the world. Robert J. Inlow Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. I can't accept the argument that the escalating sectarian violence in Iraq has nothing to do with 24 years of Sunni oppression of Shi'ites and Kurds under Saddam but is the result of the incompetent U.S. invasion. What about the passion to avenge atrocities...
...chair of the University of Texas system. University President Lawrence H. Summers, currently in India, was not present at yesterday’s meeting. But three other presidents of Boston area universities said in their speeches to the commission that standardized testing would hinder educational innovation. Boston University President Robert A. Brown told the commission that a school’s own regulation of faculty expectations and grading policies, not a nationally administered test, is the appropriate way to assess educational quality. Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow said in his speech that standardized testing would not address the differences between...
...attack of the vapors; Dubai Ports World has now said that it will sell P&O's U.S. assets to an American buyer. Even in Britain, where the economy has been "Wimbledonized" for years (London has a great tennis tournament, but no Briton ever wins it) and where, says Robert Wade of the London School of Economics, there is "an unusually deeply held belief in the merits of free trade and free investment," there are limits. When Russian gas behemoth Gazprom started stalking the British supplier Centrica, officials let it be known that "any new ownership would face robust scrutiny...
...made me realize that by running, by hiding, by pushing...I wasn’t going to be a leader,” she said. “It’s all about acceptance, being authentic, having a vision, and going for it.” Robert Manchin, CEO of the Gallup Organization, where Stone worked, praised Stone for the groundbreaking technological innovations that made him a well-known pioneer in the field. Manchin said that Stone’s work was very much driven by his love of people. “Phil was focused on real people...
...opposition to the war in Iraq. McGovern, who first backed Patrick’s bid last June, was one of the first in a series of high-profile figures to endorse Patrick, a former Dunster House resident. Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill., and two former Clinton administration labor secretaries, Robert Reich and Alexis Herman, have also backed Patrick’s candidacy. Patrick served as the top civil rights enforcement official in the Clinton Justice Department. According to the latest Boston Globe poll, Patrick is gaining ground but still faces an uphill battle against Democratic frontrunner Thomas Reilly, the state...