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...surprisingly, the proposed increases are running into resistance from lawmakers and the public. Persistent press reports that the government wants to impose a small tax on every SMS message sent via a mobile phone drew protests in the capital from opponents arguing that the levy will unduly hurt the poor, who rely on SMS as the cheapest form of communication. The administration later denied an SMS tax was being considered?but that hasn't stopped a group of activists calling itself TXTPower from complaining. "We don't need any new taxes," says Anthony Ian Cruz, one of TXTPower's organizers...
...Hurt by a failure to develop new stars, American women's gymnastics floundered in the years after the team's historic victory in Atlanta. Says USA Gymnastics president Bob Colarossi: "We had to do something." He pleaded for help from Bela, who was retired. Colarossi, Bela and Martha came up with a program that would not only improve the U.S.'s Olympic chances, but also keep the talent pipeline full. In 1999 Bela became the first national team coordinator (his wife succeeded him two years later), the gym czar with veto power over the Olympic team...
DOES A PRESIDENT WITH A GOOD MILITARY RECORD MAKE A BETTER COMMANDER IN CHIEF? A good military record, like John Kerry's, certainly does not hurt him in the eyes of people in the military. Does that mean you need to have service in the active component of the military in order to be a good President? I don't think...
...myself. Whether we like Bush or not, the quality of his judgments and the quality of his leadership has been honest. I respect him for that. I'm leaning in that direction. I have not been formally asked to come to the Republican National Convention. My feelings were hurt that I was not invited to the Democratic National Convention...
...battle over labeling is raging in Congress among different factions of the food industry, some helped and others hurt by increased imports. Two years ago, farmers and ranchers, allied with consumer groups, won the day, and a new federal law set a deadline of Sept. 30, 2004, for retailers to identify the national origin of meat, fish, fruits, vegetables and peanuts. But meatpackers and grocers, backed by the Bush Administration, claimed that country-of-origin labeling, known as COOL, amounted to protectionism, and they waged an aggressive campaign against the law. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued complex regulations...