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...Kinsley says affirmative action was designed only to overcome the inequities of race. But the concept has also been justly used to benefit other disadvantaged groups, such as women and the handicapped. There is still a place for affirmative action if those who benefit are as qualified as other applicants. We must continue to extend the helping hand of compensatory justice to those who deserve it. Harvey Fenigsohn, Worcester, Mass...
...that's the nature of this year's race. The Republican nominee, John McCain, is in a battle for the last undecided voters, no more than 10 percent of the electorate, according to polls. And while they haven't yet chosen between McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, they've made up their minds on Bush. They don't like...
...sequestered for days with former Bush Administration speechwriter Matthew Scully, among other wordsmiths, wonks and speech coaches, boning up on policy and crafting her text. She is said to be keenly aware, as one leading Republican noted, that an untested candidate, dropped into the last weeks of a close race, can sink a campaign in a few disastrous sentences...
...time Sarah Palin was entering state politics, the hottest issue in Alaska wasn't gay marriage or even abortion. It was corruption and cronyism. Andrew Halcro, a noted Palin critic who ran against her as an independent in the governor's race, says she knew instinctively that the issues were changing. Plus, he says, her opponents, such as incumbent governor Frank Murkowski, whom she defeated in the primary, were just as hard-right on abortion and guns...
...More attractive to ADUG, perhaps: the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including Abu Dhabi, are eager to raise their sporting profile, says Simon Chadwick, a professor of sport business strategy and marketing at Coventry Business School. Abu Dhabi will host its first ever Formula One motor race next year, and Dubai even considered bidding to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Snapping up Manchester City, then, is another way of "announcing your presence to the world," Chadwick says, of "establishing relationships with key decision makers in football, demonstrating they have the confidence and expertise and have the money to spend." ADUG...