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...Bridge to the Mainland? Thank you for bringing attention to Taiwan with the report "Strait Talker," about Ma Ying-jeou's presidential campaign [March 24]. It is true that nowadays we Taiwanese care about our identity and true spirit more and more. We will never accept losing our sovereignty and, I deeply believe, neither will the two presidential hopefuls. Taiwan is a unique and beautiful country whose fate lies in the hands of its own people, not those of any other country. We are all expecting a change for Taiwan. World, just wait and see. Vivian Wei-An Tsai, Taichung...
...authors use their system to explain how one might structure school vouchers or privatize Social Security) while protecting people from cognitive and social forces that lead them to decisions that even they would describe as poor. We are all like houseguests who eat from a bowl of cashews, then thank our host for removing the nuts so that we don't spoil our dinner...
...course feast is being touted as a "once-in-a-lifetime inspirational dinner." On April 5, Bangkok's five-star Lebua hotel will treat 50 favored guests to a repast prepared by a glittering array of Michelin-starred chefs. To thank the guests for their loyalty to the hotel, Lebua plans to spend $300,000 for the meal. Accustomed though they may be to showy p.r. stunts, social activists are nonetheless up in arms over this particular act of epic extravagance. The reason? The banquet comes with a pre-dinner commitment to what the Lebua's p.r. mavens have dubbed...
...Radical Rethink Thank you for the article on "Reverse Radicalism," in which you interviewed repentant terrorist Nasir Abas [March 24]. Muslims should listen to him when he says the Koran forbids killing civilians. He could have gone further and stated that Osama bin Laden and others who advocate terrorism are bad Muslims. Titus Steenhuisen, Upper Moutere, New Zealand...
...more time [March 17]. Green Bay Packers backers here in Wisconsin have had a very sad week. We are all happy for Favre and wish him well, but we wonder what in the world we will do without him. Your article reminded me that I am not alone. Thank you! Mary Towne, DELAFIELD...