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...Prime Minister was in Tokyo Thursday for a historic summit, and although he was accorded the rare honor of addressing Japan's legislature, he couldn't make the front-page lead of the country's national newspapers. That territory belonged to Daisuke Matsuzaka, a 26-year-old pitcher whose six-year, $52 million contract with the Boston Red Sox (plus another $51 million Boston paid to Matsuzaka's old team, the Seibu Lions, just for the right to negotiate with him) is the most lucrative deal ever for a player coming out of Japan. That may be a fitting tribute...
...Klein quoted a senior administration official who referred to the failure of Bush's Iraq policy as "a Mick Jagger moment ... You can't always get what you want." Now we will find out if the President recognizes that he has to abandon his six-year Under My Thumb approach to dealing with Congress. Jay P. Maille Pleasanton, California...
...America. Russell Kussman Los Angeles Kklein quoted a senior administration official who referred to the failure of Bush's Iraq policy as "a Mick Jagger moment ... You can't always get what you want." Now we will find out if the President recognizes that he has to abandon his six-year Under My Thumb approach to dealing with Congress. Jay P. Maille Pleasanton, California, U.S. Covering the Results I was flabbergasted that your cover in the wake of the Democratic election triumph was a Venn diagram with the headline "Why the Center Is the New Place...
...official: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will be in office longer than his arch-nemesis, President George W. Bush. Following his reelection to a new six-year term by a wide margin on Sunday, Chavez promised a "new era in the national Bolivarian project," his program to use Venezuela's oil wealth to fund social programs as well as to bolster a regional united front against U.S. influence. Now, the scale of his victory - the National Electoral Council gave him a 23% lead over contender Manuel Rosales with over three-quarters of votes counted - will be claimed as a mandate...
...like to imagine that if you get your children to college, their lives are set. Just get them through those four years with a diploma and your job is done. But maybe we should consider something like a six-year plan. After four years at college, encourage them to come home for two years to work off the student loan debt. Then they can pick a job they really want, and be out of your hair...