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...worthy investments should reconsider. Real estate experts say even the splashiest new pools boost an average home's value by less than 10%. Still, most people who construct waterfalls and poolside theaters are speculating on their dreams, not their finances. It's fine with them if the costs are sunk...
...Abuse by Any Other Name Your article "redefining torture" described efforts by the Bush Administration to reshape the U.S. stance on the torture of prisoners during interrogation [June 21]. Have we sunk to the level of those we are fighting-those who we say are using immoral methods? I never thought I would see the day when high-level U.S. government agencies would be exchanging memos attempting to justify actions that Americans would condemn if perpetrated by others. I remember the outrage that we felt during the Korean War when the North Koreans were accused of brainwashing American prisoners. Similar...
...Have we sunk to the level of those we are fighting--those who we say are using immoral methods? I am an American living in Canada, and I never thought I would see the day when U.S. government agencies would write memos attempting to justify actions that Americans would condemn if perpetrated by others. There was outrage during the Korean War when the North Koreans were accused of brainwashing American prisoners. Similar activities were decried in other wars. Now, the U.S. is carrying out equally repulsive actions. RICHARD ANDERSEN Victoria...
BEIRUT, Lebanon—It stands like a giant upturned gray battleship sunk into the ground. No, it isn’t Mather Tower, it’s the burnt-out husk of the former Holiday Inn Beirut...
...Okazaki admits this is Mitsubishi's "last chance." Analysts say it may already be too late. Japan has 11 companies making cars and trucks, while the total market has shrunk by about a quarter since its 1990 peak. Mitsubishi's market share in passenger- and mini-cars has sunk to a meager 3.8%. The company "could disappear tomorrow, and no one would miss it," says John Harris, a Tokyo-based auto consultant...