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Thanks for a balanced look at New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, warts and all [June 25]. Both are in their seventh decade, yet their approach to politics is progressive and refreshing. No conservative clichés and smoke-screen social issues; just good old-fashioned compromise and common sense. Isn't that what governing is all about...
...Wednesday, Walid Eido, an outspoken anti-Syrian politician, was killed along with his son, two bodyguards and six civilians in a large car bomb explosion in Beirut. He was the seventh anti-Syrian figure to be assassinated since the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005. In the north, Lebanese troops remain locked in a bloody three-week confrontation with militants from the Fatah al-Islam faction in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp. Lebanese officials say that the recently formed Fatah al-Islam was sent into Lebanon by Syrian military intelligence to cause instability...
...court or arbitration, the judges thought, is just a matter of process. It's hard to believe, though, that Congress thought a second-class justice system like arbitration was just as good as the federal courts for veterans. As Bob Goodman, Garrett's lawyer, says, "Taking away the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial is no way to treat the troops." Or to welcome them home...
Although he was rated the top professional prospect in the Ivy League in the preseason by Baseball America, Wilson was ultimately the fourth Ivy player snatched up in this weekend’s draft. He trailed Brown catcher Devin Thomas (seventh round), Yale first baseman Marc Sawyer (15th round), and Princeton catcher Sal Iacono (26th round...
...seven is filled with mysticism and is thought to be the most significant number. We have seven days in a week, seven notes on a musical scale and Seven Wonders of the World. The number carries religious symbolism too. God created the world in six days and used the seventh for a rest, and Catholics celebrate seven sacraments and seven virtues. In Jewish weddings the bride circles the groom seven times and the couple has seven days of festive meals. "There are many reasons why people choose the date ranging from 'I figured he'd never forget our anniversary...