Word: persons
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American politics, it seems to me, are the politics of the individual. Both candidates in this election have tried to "connect" with the common American and have focused their attention on making the lives of the average person--like those little old ladies who don't have enough money to buy pharmaceutical products but who somehow are in the audience every time Vice President Al Gore '69 speaks--more comfortable. Promises are made to put money back in the pockets of the individual with tax cuts across the board; never-ending debates on abortions and military spending occupy the candidates...
Universal free health care in Canada, on the other hand, is one of the most sacred political values. Canadians espouse the view that wealth should not be the deciding factor in health: Our humanity entitles us to the same level of care as the next person. Debates on Social Security in Canada often focus around the difficulties inherent in a system that offers free medical care. Many might argue that "privatization" might solve the staffing problem, the speed of emergency rooms and the occasional lack of the necessary resources to help a patient. Yet the pervading view in Canada...
...guard at the Kennedy School of Government reported a person trespassing on school grounds. HUPD located the individual and requested a Cambridge Police Department translator to assist in the interview. The subject was issued a trespass warning...
...chills in the second debate," said Matthew Coffey, 43, the only interviewee in three days who was wildly passionate about either candidate, and possibly the only person without malaria who got chills during any of the debates. Coffey, who owns an advertising company in Brandon, said Bush is going to shrink the government, whack taxes, let people invest their own Social Security funds, keep the U.S. out of foreign skirmishes and give parents school vouchers. "I listen to Rush Limbaugh all the time," Coffey said. "And Rush is right. Do you know what I mean? Rush is right...
...home sipping a latte in Seattle than sugary tea in Beirut's Shi'ite Muslim stronghold. But the 38-year-old self-taught Webmaster is holed up in a secret office where the Lebanese Islamic group Hizballah operates an Internet site that blasts propaganda against Israel. With a four-person staff, Hussein is fending off a hacker assault launched by Israelis. "They're going after us!" proclaims Hussein, who loads software designed to deflect the bulk messages that become e-mail bombs when they reach Hizballah's Web address...