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Gibbs' article seems to blithely overlook what many people consider to be Palin's most alarming beliefs. Yes, she's a woman, but she's a woman who doesn't believe in science, a woman who believes that abortion should be illegal under any circumstances, and a woman who is the poster girl for the extreme right-wing religious element of the Republican party. None of these beliefs seemed to matter to Gibbs, but they matter to a majority of American voters who are looking for sound leadership and not a continuation of the culture wars. Rodgers Frantz, WASHINGTON...
...Today, the church appears willing to overlook some of the more esoteric elements of Murillo's faith, having gained a presidential couple that publically embraces the Church's leadership, and shares its conservative social values including a ban on abortion...
...Jonathan Fast Overlook; 336 pages...
...recruitment manager for the Sydney Roosters NRL club. "It's not just size. It's balance, footwork, skill and strength." But attributing Polynesians' football prowess to inherent qualities can lead to the quicksand of racial stereotyping. In focusing on the physiques of Maoris and Islanders, it's easy to overlook other, perhaps more important, factors in their growing presence in elite football - motivation, hard work, and early exposure to competition. "Polynesians have no genetic predisposition to be good at football," says Helen Lee, a lecturer in sociology and anthropology at Melbourne's LaTrobe University. "But on a general level, Polynesian...
...main concourse is what Hooper considers his terminal's most beguiling feature. Here, he has arranged brightly colored Moroso lounge chairs in front of the plate glass windows that overlook Kennedy Airport's main runways. Hooper calls it his "big-screen TV," and invites travelers to settle in and watch the mesmerizing take-off and landing of more than 1,000 aircraft a day. Fittingly, it is a simple glass window, and not the terminal's dizzying array of high-tech accoutrements, that reconnects the traveler to the bygone glamour of flying...