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Amanda Ripley's piece about surviving disaster was both informative and important [June 9]. But her recounting of the fatal fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club, which I covered as a correspondent for ABC News, omitted two key lessons. One: when someone yells "Fire!" (or anything equally alarming), people must err on the side of caution. And two: exit doors must open outward! Most of the corpses at the Beverly Hills were lumped up against the exits. The people who reached the doors first couldn't open them because they opened inward, and when more people pressed up behind...
...struggle for power. While it is an honor to be appointed press secretary, McClellan should not be expected to stand before the Washington press corps every week preaching the Administration's line when the messenger knows full well that what he is saying is untrue. Larry Marthaler, LONGBOAT KEY...
...Reagan's foreign policy is telling. They correctly recall Reagan's having denounced the Soviets as "evil," his vast increases in U.S. defense spending and his support for a missile-defense shield. What they conveniently block out is the turn Reagan took in 1983 toward negotiation, which played a key role in bringing about the end of the cold war. When Reagan decided to stop denouncing the "evil empire" and start pursuing arms talks, those who today mock Obama then derided their former hero. In an effort to scuttle the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty in Congress, the Conservative Caucus...
...plant. In 2006, when a New Delhi research group found high levels of pesticides in Coca-Cola and PepsiCo's locally produced soft drinks, several Indian states banned their sale. The incidents were particularly worrisome because they hurt Coke's brand in a rapidly developing market that's considered key to future growth...
...Presidential candidate John McCain, a key author of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 that was overturned by the court, indicated he had not yet had time to scrutinize the ruling, but that "it obviously concerns me ... These are unlawful combatants; they're not American citizens...