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...Remembering the Fallen "One day in Iraq" gave a perfectly pitched and very moving account of the loss felt by families of servicemen killed in action [June 4]. Your insistence on referring to the soldiers' last names in virtually all the accounts, however, was disturbing. The warm human qualities of the men killed-love of family, God or music-perhaps called for more subtlety than adherence to your editorial stylebook, which in this case was cold and harsh. Referring to the servicemen by their first names would have been a gentler act of respect. Jez Abbott, Hastings, England...
...Remembering the Fallen "One day in Iraq" gave a perfectly pitched and very moving account of the loss felt by families of servicemen killed in action [June 4]. Your insistence on referring to the soldiers' last names in virtually all the accounts, however, was disturbing. The warm human qualities of the men killed - love of family, God or music - perhaps called for more subtlety than adherence to your editorial stylebook, which in this case was cold and harsh. Referring to the servicemen by their first names would have been a gentler act of respect. Jez Abbott, HASTINGS, ENGLAND
...years the GOP has stood still as history has gone charging past. In last week's CNN-sponsored debate, every Republican presidential candidate said he supports "Don't ask, don't tell," the arch compromise of 1993. This ridiculous policy allows servicemen and -women to be gay in some existential sense but tosses them out if they talk about it or do anything about it. Most congressional Republicans voted for "Don't ask, don't tell," but the party platform for the 1996 presidential election retreated from it: "We oppose Bill Clinton's assault on the culture and traditions...
...American at the University of Arkansas. In Sydney, he won the silver medal. "At that point, my life kind of came full circle," he says. Register's experience, combined with a commitment to rehabilitating veterans, gave him the idea to develop a program that would encompass servicemen and women injured during all wars. "We recognize that not everyone wants to be or will be a Paralympic athlete," he says. "But we can make the odds better...
...Winkler also hopes to be a shoo-in for the shot put and discus at the Beijing trials in 2008. He has been to the Colorado camp twice, this past session to help motivate newly injured servicemen and women. "My thought process is, someone helped me at one time, so if you can just help one person, you've accomplished a lot." And he has. Already a champion at several regional competitions, Winkler has set his sights high for Beijing: "I want to be going for the world record, or just win a gold...