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...wire like this year's Democratic contest. Sure, hard-fought contests are bruising for all concerned, but I believe America will be better off next January, when the new President takes office, because of the election fights that took place this year. Now if only we could shorten the campaign season. Dave Peterson, Tucson, Arizona...
...change comes in light of the revised calendar, which will shorten the Calendar of Opening Days to about five days under the new calendar, which is to be implemented in the fall of 2009, according to McCarty...
...security officials were obliged to turn off the flame on several occasions to protect it from protesters. Even before it arrived in the U.S. on April 8, activists unfurled FREE TIBET banners from the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge. On April 9, San Francisco police were forced to shorten the relay in the city, citing security concerns. Beijing vowed to proceed with the relay unchanged, but more protests are expected in the 15 places the torch will visit before returning to Chinese soil...
...their equipment. Many other championship venues have undertaken expansions, and new courses with aspirations of hosting professional events are now built with much higher yardage totals. Longer golf courses require more resources for building and maintenance, and some designers say it would be wiser economically and environmentally to shorten the distance that a golf ball is allowed to travel. "I love that Augusta has succeeded in ensuring that players have the same experience there as I did," says three-time Masters champion and course designer Gary Player. "But the reason the tournament can adjust is because it has a massive...
...sedate can be a tremendous liberation, says Dr. Porter Storey, executive vice-president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. It relieves patients of their "fear of dying or not getting adequate help at the end of life," Storey says, before adding, "Good doctors don't intentionally shorten life...