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...real average family, the middle 20% of taxpayers making between $24,000 and $39,300, would do better than Gore suggested. They would be able to use Bush's tax cut to treat themselves to two cans of Diet Coke a day. Refreshing, perhaps, but not life changing...
Colin Powell, when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, upheld a doctrine that called for decisive use of U.S. military force with a clear goal. That notion eroded under his successor, John Shalikashvili, who told Congress in 1995 that U.S. troops sent to Bosnia as peacekeepers would be home within a year. Five years later, 5,000 U.S. troops are still there. An additional 6,000 are patrolling nearby Kosovo. Republicans on Capitol Hill have criticized such costly deployments as dulling the U.S. military's fighting edge...
...compensate for any that occurs--but the possibility that climate turns rapidly and unpredictably should spur us into doing whatever is practical to turn from fossil fuels--fast. If done right it can be a boon. Energy conservation usually increases profits. In developing nations it's often cheaper to use alternatives like wind power to electrify new areas...
...must instead communicate through the dog, Blackie, a standard poodle. By attributing feelings to a poodle, many people (especially women) are freed from the guilt and responsibility of claiming emotions as their own. Many years' worth of complaints, injustices and dissatisfactions can be called to the surface through the use of a canine medium...
...PRESCHOOL YOUNGER KIDS CAN BUILD TOYS THAT MAKE NOISE Two years ago, the Lego company's Mindstorms robotics kit was such a hit with preteens (and many dads) that the company last week launched a similar product for kids ages 4 to 6. With the MyBot (price: $50), kids use "smart bricks" to build and personalize airplanes, race cars or robots. These creations respond to movement by flashing lights and making the sounds of, say, tires squealing or a jet taking off. Educators say such toys make kids comfortable with technology from an early age and allow them to learn...