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OTHER VIEW: Teamwork key to fighting disease
There are problems of human existence so complex and unwieldy that they seem to defy solution.
Among these are issues of science, where knowledge tends to advance piecemeal in the optimism that more-or-less disorganized efforts eventually will complete the picture. -
Officials need to find line between wants, needs
Everyone talks about making government more efficient, making do with less, cutting staff and reducing expenses. But rarely does anyone talk about reducing its scope.
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The right to build doesn’t make it right
The controversy over building a community center and mosque near Ground Zero cuts so deeply to the core of this country’s founding that President Barack Obama was right to weigh in.
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OTHER VIEW: Remember Dr. Tom
By the time the United States went to war in Afghanistan nine years ago, ostensibly to free that country from the terror of the Taliban, Tom Little might well have known it as intimately as any American did.
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Regions look at ‘co-opetition’
Just when we were getting used to saying “webinar” and “racino” without having to swish a capful of mouthwash, along comes the newest buzzword from the folks who asked us who moved their cheese.
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OTHER VIEW: Coaxing the economic recovery
So where is the U.S. economy headed?
For a while, there were clear signs that the recovery was under way. Data revealed modest, yet sustained, growth. And even the nation’s unemployment rate had started to tick downward. -
A fishy subject
Government officials have declared that most of the fish swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, where the largest oil spill in history occurred three months ago, is now safe to eat. They offer no scientific data from tests being run on the fish, but there appears to be little available, anyway, because the testing methodology isn’t very scientific.
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OTHER VIEW: Be careful on the water
Like every summer, the area’s lakes and waterways are a popular destination for many to enjoy the hot weather. But the risk for disaster rises as more boats — and personal watercraft in particular — cruise the waters in abundance.
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Welcome home, it’s time to celebrate
This is your week, Lockport.
It’s a week to showcase everything the Lock City has to offer. The spotlight will shine brightly and dozens of events, festivals, open houses and celebrations of all kinds. -
Risky loan marketing is baaack!
As we approach the two-year anniversary of the banking crisis, there’s new evidence that all manner of lenders are again marketing credit to unworthy borrowers.
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