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...Rudolph Giuliani and his loyalty to Bernard Kerik [Nov. 26]. Duffy's snapshot provided one of the most concise and intriguing portraits of a political animal that I have ever read. He truly captured Giuliani through the prism of his relationship with Kerik, possibly his closest ally. And the statement made by an operative from a rival campaign on Rudy's pitch--"I'm not a nice guy. But the people you fear, fear me"--was so articulate a description it gave me pause...
...What It's Been Good For In the discussion with Meryl Streep, Robert Redford and TIME's Richard Corliss, Tom Cruise said, "Wars never solved anything" [Nov. 12]. Such a shockingly wrongheaded statement makes one wonder why anyone would want to hear his opinion on anything. There is one war that should be enough in itself to refute his statement: the American Revolutionary War. It took years of fighting and the deprivation of American troops to defeat King George III and his minions. Negotiations could not have persuaded the English government to give up its colonies. In addition, the efforts...
...Chinese (roughly 25%); Hindu, Sikh and Muslim Indians (less than 10%); and indigenous peoples, who abide by many faiths including animism (around 10%). "Our biggest achievement is that we have not only survived but we have progressed and thrived," Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told TIME in a written statement in August...
...truth is, I am unsure about the truth.' AMANDA KNOX, in a four-page written statement on the murder of her roommate in Italy, Meredith Kercher. Authorities say the American exchange student has given at least three different accounts of what happened that night. She is in custody but maintains she did not kill Kercher...
...what is not often included in such lessons is a crucial caveat to the separation of powers: the presidential signing statement. Thanks to the burgeoning use of signing statements—by which the president instructs the executive branch to effectively ignore some parts of a bill—our carefully crafted system is being systematically undermined. Indeed, President George W. Bush has frequently used the practice of signing statements to bypass laws throughout his term, a practice that went virtually unnoticed for five years...