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...rich world's agricultural subsidies. They are truly unfair. Sergio Elia Abbiategrasso, Italy Power Failure I was pleased to read "The Man Who Wasn't There" by political commentator Alain Duhamel [Nov. 28]. It's rewarding to see that a French intellectual realizes that France is in bad shape and that he has an explanation for the failure of French President Jacques Chirac to do what he was elected for. As Duhamel wrote, "Chirac has failed to tackle France's two most pressing social problems: unemployment and the integration of immigrant populations." Duhamel and other French intellectuals must now accept...
Their friends and the staff at the Gates Foundation go to great lengths to emphasize that Melinda and Bill are equals. "She is not a junior partner in any way, shape or form. Bill likes that," says Warren Buffett, a close friend (and the second richest man in the world, for those who are counting). Says Sylvia Mathews, the foundation's chief operating officer: "We joke and say Bill and Melinda have 21/2 degrees: she has two; he has a half." (Melinda, 41, has a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics and a master's in business from...
...pursues a low profile, that's their prerogative. But on the other hand, there are two things happening in the world that make it more likely that our successors will be able to do more things like us. One is that we are living longer and staying in better shape longer. I mean, look at George--he was jumping out of airplanes at 80, and that was unheard of not very long ago. The other thing is that you gotta learn to let go of some things. My advice is pick a couple of things that matter and then leave...
...implications of withdrawing U.S. military forces from Iraq [Dec. 5]: American troops need to stay in Iraq until that country can take care of itself. U.S. foreign policy helped shape today's Middle East. If we don't take responsibility for our past actions and remain to clean up the mess we have made, we'll have to go back into Iraq to hunt down the next wave of terrorists. God grant that we lose no more soldiers. But let's not leave before the job is done. MICHAEL MARTINEZ Houston...
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