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...U.S.S. Cole. The discovery of the J.F.K. plot is a good thing. Nobody knows the extent of the disaster that could have happened if the plot had been allowed to develop. Americans want to thwart all attacks, whether the terrorists are amateurs or professionals. Neil Houston, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA...
None of the questions over the British arms manufacturer appears to have had any impact on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, which last week approved BAE's $4.1 billion bid to acquire Armor Holdings, the Florida-based contractor that makes armor for Humvees and Stryker vehicles. CFIUS , an inter-agency panel which includes a representative of the Justice Department, ruled that Armor's transfer to foreign ownership would not threaten U.S. national security...
What went up, came down. The tilt of population to the Sun Belt left New York in third place behind California and Texas; soon it will be tied with Florida. New York City is still rich and glutted with media, but other cities have made their mark--CNN is headquartered in Atlanta, Google in Mountain View, Calif. The stars of Hollywood are bigger political lightning rods than New York's news anchors and talking heads, while imperial Washington is not just a barracks for politicians and a trading floor for lobbyists but also a center of think tanks and policy...
...strict control rebel against them. But Svengalis are going through a particularly rough patch these days. Phil Spector, one of the most renowned and controlling, is on trial for murder. Lou Pearlman, who helped concoct the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync by way of his boy-band factory in Florida, has been unceremoniously dragged back to the U.S. from Guam to face bank-fraud charges...
...taken me three-fourths of a century to realize that history is really composed of a large collection of absolutely fascinating stories such as the pieces on Jamestown [May 7], which included pictures and wonderful graphics. Why do textbooks have to be so miserably boring? Sally Celestino, PALM COAST, FLORIDA...