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Sidelights.
A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 62 percent of American voters believe the world would be a better place if other countries became more like the United States. The number increased to 81 percent among George W. Bush voters, but fell to 48 percent among supporters of John Kerry. The Saudi Binladin Group, run by members of Osama bin Laden's family, will likely be contracted to construct a building in Dubai nearly twice the size of the World Trade Center. The children's section of the Sunday Seattle Times featured an on-line poll with the query, "Who do you blame for 9/11?" Three choices were offered: "Bush" "Clinton" and "CIA." Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda were not among the options. "The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy' ... They are the revolution, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow--and they will win." So said "filmmaker" Michael Moore about America's enemies abroad.
University of California at Berkeley lecturer Hatem Bazian, a native Palestinian, asked a group of antiwar protesters in San Francisco: "How come we don't have an intifada in this country? ... it's about time that we have an intifada in this country.... They're gonna say some Palestinian is being too radical ... well, you haven't seen radicalism yet!" Due to high rates of re-enlistment, the U.S. Marine Corps had already fulfilled 90 percent of its force retention goal midway through the fiscal year. Re-enlistments are also high for the U.S. Army.
Volunteers at the U.K.'s Royal Air Force Base at Lakenheath, Suffolk began producing teddy bears and other soft toys from old and torn uniforms. The toys are intended for Iraqi children, but the group Suffolk 4 Peace is opposed to the plan. According to spokeswoman Annie Wimbush, "The camouflage ...
- SOCIAL SECURITY Q&A
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe August 27, 1995 700+ words
...affect our son's Social Security benefits? A. Divorce has no effect on the Social Security benefit rights of children...benefit equal to 75 percent of the benefit the...much I could get from Social Security if I became disabled...
- Social Security Q &A
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe August 27, 1995 700+ words
...affect our son's Social Security benefits? A. Divorce has no affect on the Social Security benefit rights of children...benefit equal to 75 percent of the benefit the...much I could get from Social Security if I became disabled...
- Social Security celebrates variety of milestones.(Neighbor)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) August 18, 2003 700+ words
...Jim Bushman District Manager, Elgin Social Security Office This month, Social Security celebrates its 68th birthday. On Aug...President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. I thought this is a good...
- SOCIAL SECURITY Q & A
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe July 30, 1995 700+ words
...children can qualify for help from Social Security if they HIV/AIDS? A. Yes. The...program, which is administered by the Social Security Administration. SSI disability payments...from my job reduce the amount of my Social Security benefit? A. If you get a pension...
- Social Security sellout.(COMMENTARY)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 9, 2005 700+ words
...6.4 percentage points of the 12.4 percent Social Security tax to the personal accounts. To the...benefit expenditures cut 67 percent, 80 percent and ultimately 95 percent, Social Security is left in permanent surplus. This is...
- Social Security: For the Vast Majority, the Tax That Never Stops
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post JERRY KNIGHT April 18, 1989 700+ words
...year there will be no Social Security Freedom Day for 93 percent of Americans, because...until 1950, the 1 percent social security tax only applied to the...in 1970, the 4.8 percent social security tax stopped at $7...
- Social security: the real story.
- Newspaper article from: National Forum Sherman, Gordon March 22, 1998 700+ words
...source of income for 63 percent of Social Security's beneficiaries, comprising...Americans would exceed 50 percent. Social Security has accomplished its mission...however, that a full 20 percent of Social Security beneficiaries are under...
- Social Security's worries are just part of her day's work
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel AVRUM D. LANK May 21, 1996 700+ words
...Wisconsin-Madison: "Do you think Social Security will be there when you need it...Chater is the U.S. commissioner of Social Security. She was in Madison as part of an...But talking about the future of Social Security to some of the smartest young people...
