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...Despite the fact that we received our money back we all still suffered a lot of stress,” Alison M. said. “I learned my lesson of trust the hard...
...Calamity Illegal logging in the Philippines has contributed to conditions that allow relatively minor typhoons to become killers [Dec. 13]. The important thing we have learned from the recent calamity that ravaged our country is how we can manage to build our lives once again. It's a hard lesson. If we continue damaging our environment, however, other disasters will remind us that nature's powerful wrath can destroy the helpless. Junjun Carballo Silay City, the Philippines...
...Made Calamity Illegal logging in the Philippines has contributed to conditions that allow relatively minor typhoons to become killers [Dec. 13]. The important thing we have learned from the recent calamity that ravaged our country is how we can manage to build our lives again. It's a hard lesson. If we continue damaging our environment, however, other disasters will remind us that nature's powerful wrath can destroy the helpless. Junjun Carballo Silay City, the Philippines
...behind the scenes the government, facing an election later in the year, pressured the police commissioner to issue a clarification. "We've moved on from that," says Keelty of the humiliating episode, ever keen to emphasize that the Howard government has been a strong supporter of the A.F.P. The lesson to be learned, he says, is "to make sure that you don't go into any interview without being well briefed, and to recognize the potential fallout if you haven't got it right. I'm not saying I didn't have it right on that occasion...
...South try to defy the Supreme Court, or to circumvent it, we will be started on a course to challenge the entire authority of the U.S. This is a ridiculous course; following it once led us to secession and defeat; surely we should have learned from that lesson. It would be more sensible to accept the Court's ruling, and accept it with the good grace that will cost us nothing. It will prevent the unhappiness and discord which now seems inevitable...