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...interested in candidates who declare "My Country, Right Or Wrong" [April 14]. When the day comes that my nation truly lives up to the ideals on which it was founded - instead of trumping them with greed, intolerance and imperial designs - then I too will affix an American - flag pin to my lapel. Until then, I will quietly demonstrate my love for my country by working for change and supporting political candidates who share my ideals. Alan Meerow, Davie, Florida...
...interested in candidates who declare "my country, right or wrong" [April 14]. When the day comes that my nation truly lives up to the ideals on which it was founded--instead of trumping them with greed, intolerance and imperial designs--then I too will affix an American-flag pin to my lapel. Until then, I will quietly demonstrate my love for my country by working for change and supporting political candidates who share my ideals. Alan Meerow, DAVIE...
...even though this is a symbolic achievement, it's something no other airline in the world had done. The biggest carriers--American, Lufthansa, British Airways and Singapore Airlines--have all poured resources into expanding direct flights to Asia, but they are held back by their origins as so-called flag carriers, dedicated to travel to and from their home countries. Airline alliances like SkyTeam, Oneworld and Star Alliance link them, but without fully integrated marketing and sales it's difficult to build a cohesive global network, says Henry Joyner, senior vice president of planning for American...
...fight (and lost 45,000 lives), the country has stuck mainly to U.N. peacekeeping missions--a practice invented (as Canadians are fond of reminding visitors) in 1956 by Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Pearson. Having taken few casualties in the past half-century, Canadians have found it jarring to watch flag-draped coffins return to what can feel like a very small country. A public that has long seen its military as innocently patrolling the peace has had trouble adjusting to its forces engaging in a full-fledged, unconventional...
...environmental peril, the cringe-worthy first half of the debate focused on such crucial matters as Senator Obama's comments about rural bitterness, his former pastor, an obscure sixties radical with whom he was allegedly "friendly," and the burning constitutional question of why he doesn't wear an American flag pin on his lapel - with a single detour into Senator Hillary Clinton's yarn about sniper fire in Tuzla. Apparently, Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos ran out of time before they could ask Obama why he's such a lousy bowler...