Word: thanked
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...wish India would also charge ahead with courtesy, regard for others and usage of the words please, sorry and thank you! Pankaj Vohra, New Delhi...
...Thank goodness TIME is not afraid to tell us how Hamas, the winner in the democratic elections the West wanted in Palestine, is doing its best to run Gaza responsibly. Not only is it iniquitous that the U.S. and Europe have sidelined the elected government, but it is also extremely cruel that we have been complicit in Israel's blockade, which is further impoverishing the people of Gaza. They have as much right to travel abroad and trade with the outside world as we or the Israelis do. Tony Davies, Exeter, England...
...Thank you for being brave enough to critique the country's education system. We have ignored bright students for as long as I can remember, to our detriment as a nation. Slow learners receive most of the attention, and huge sums of money are allotted to educate them. If students are bright, they are left pretty much on their own. In integrated classes, they are forced to learn at the pace of the slowest. We need to raise the bar. There are exceptions to the rule, but on the whole not enough attention is paid to bright children. They need...
...Thank you for your article on teen heartthrob Zac Efron. I recently became a big fan of his after seeing his performance in Hairspray. He is extremely talented and very sexy yet wholesome. I haven't been this excited about a celebrity in a long time. And he isn't just for the tweens and teens. I happen to be a 41-year-old mother of two boys...
...longer does, has refused to join Edwards' call for a party-wide freeze on lobbyist cash. The Edwards camp calls this proof that Obama is a creature of the system who doesn't want to alienate the insiders. (Obama says he has his own plan for reform, thank you.) Clinton does take money from federal lobbyists-some $400,000 so far-and has defended them, saying they "represent real Americans ... They represent nurses, they represent social workers ... they represent corporations that employ a lot of people." That's impolitic but true-as legislators know, lobbyists serve a purpose. "Some...