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...Walter Issacson's "Return of the Realists" [Nov. 20]: I am sure the neoconservatives would like the American people to believe that they led us into Iraq because they are idealistic lovers of democracy, and not because they were trying to secure Iraq's considerable oil supplies. They appear to have persuaded Isaacson, however, because his column did not even mention the subject of Iraq's oil. Nevertheless, they will have a harder time convincing many other Americans...
When Katie Couric took over the CBS Evening News, some viewers wondered whether a Today show anchor could claim Walter Cronkite's mantle. Turns out we were wondering about the wrong Today anchor. When Matt Lauer announced that NBC would start referring to the conflict in Iraq as a "civil war," media observers hailed it as a "Cronkite moment," referring to the CBS anchor's 1968 declaration that the Vietnam War was unwinnable, upon which L.B.J. realized he had lost Middle America...
...writing is crisp, the research impressive, and the anecdotes rich. Alexander Haig, a Kissinger aide who had experienced the effects of Moutai on a China reconnaissance trip, cabled Washington: "Under no repeat no circumstances should the President actually drink from his glass in response to banquet toasts." Walter Cronkite, one of the most senior among the two planeloads of journalists accompanying the President, wore electric socks to keep his feet warm at the Great Wall, but they gave him a series of shocks...
...others—ranging from busboys to chefs—pampered the few customers who trickled in like maple syrup last evening. The manager of the restaurant, Hugo Buenavenura, described the day as “steady so far.” The director of operations for the franchise, Walter Salaverria, said that this was not the best week to open, since “90 percent of Harvard students go back to see mom and dad.” Originally set to open in June, and then rescheduled twice, the opening of IHOP yesterday was unexpected even...
...There are really few better things that could be done for the public health than to get trans fats out of the food supply,” Walter C. Willett, the Stare professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and a prominent researcher on the health effects of trans fats, told the council...