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...Department boss. Next month Rumsfeld will list the bases he wants closed or moved, and a nine-member Base Realignment and Closure Commission has until Sept. 8 to approve or amend his recommendations. Then Bush must accept or reject the final list--on an all-or-none basis--and submit it to Congress, whose only option is to pass a joint resolution by Nov. 7 to turn down the list in its entirety. Otherwise it becomes binding...
...Beijing. Jiang was detained for questioning by military officials last June over another letter he sent senior Chinese leaders, this time asking for a reappraisal of the 1989 crackdown on democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square. Jiang is now free to leave his house, but has been ordered to submit regular "thought reports" to his local Communist Party Committee and is barred from talking to the media...
Another take-home point has been oft-stated and is especially important to those of us in the state of Florida. Here, because of this case, our legislators are considering a bill that would force each Floridian to submit to the administration of artificial nutrition and hydration if he or she had not expressed, in writing, the desire to refuse such treatment. Advance directives are important. If you don’t have one, get one, even if you are so young that any possibility of death seems remote. Schiavo was only 26 years old when she suffered the cardiac...
...Politics’ “Jock the Vote” on Oct. 26. Reese, a professed democrat, had loudly whispered to one of his panelists seated next to him asking for the term’s definition at its first mention, and when audience members were permitted to submit questions, classmates Ryan Maki and Steve Mandes didn’t hesitate to test how carefully he’d paid attention. Reese’s response? “I’ll pass...
...part of the problem. In a time when parents hire $4,000 consultants from companies called IvyWise to get their toddlers into a “prestigious” preschool, ask questions about the Ivy League matriculation rate of respective preschools’ graduates, have their children submit 12 to 14 applications, and have their hearts broken when the rejection letters come, we must ask ourselves whether we are perpetuating this perverted meritocracy...