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...computer consultant. "I thought, if things are going to get this crazy, I'd rather know how to use a gun than not." David regrets the passing of an Australia that, in time of war, could draw on a huge pool of citizen marksmen. "We lost that after Vietnam," he says. With it went not just skills but a cast of mind. "Given the choice," says Ian, "I would always employ a shooter over a non-shooter. A good shooter is responsible, he's careful. He thinks about what he's doing, and when it's over he thinks about...
...DIED. Earl Woods, 74, former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel in Vietnam and father of golfer Tiger Woods; in Cypress, California. He had his son swinging clubs as a toddler and, after failing to persuade the boy to pursue other interests, became his trainer and devoted champion, once calling Tiger the "chosen one." Yet the close bond between the two?Tiger called him "an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend"?was unmistakable. After Tiger's Masters win in 1997?the first for a black player?he and his father embraced on the 18th green, a moment that became...
...bush administration repeats lessons from our recent past. Both the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Vietnam War were also partly caused by something called groupthink, in which decision-makers consider advice only from those who back one set of ideas. One of the hallmarks of an educated person is willingness to critically evaluate evidence for and against hypotheses: in this case, that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and was supporting al-Qaeda. For that, I give him an F in critical thinking and in leadership. Joseph Melcher St. Cloud, Minnesota...
...aluminum and iron, along with small amounts of arsenic, mercury, zinc and gold, and environmentalists are worried that the metals will leach into soil and water. But without national standards, some recyclers play fast and loose with the term. Some just shred waste. Others ship it overseas to China, Vietnam or India...
...Senate race? When Democrats think they can score a trifecta by beating a Republican incumbent in the South, hobbling him as a possible presidential candidate and boosting the fortunes of one of their White House wannabes. That's the weighty challenge for novice politician Jim Webb, a decorated Vietnam vet and a senior Pentagon official under Ronald Reagan who is challenging Republican Senator George Allen in Virginia...