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Thursday, August 26, 2004

6:21:39 PM

Reuters Bush Team Rejects Call to Pull Olympic TV Ad. ATHENS (Reuters) - The re-election campaign for President Bush refused Thursday to pull an ad that has Olympic Games officials fuming. [Reuters: Politics]

2:07:16 PM

Reuters Olympic Chiefs Ask Bush to Pull Election Ad. ATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S. Olympic Committee has asked the campaign to re-elect President Bush to pull an ad that refers to the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. [Reuters: Top News]

12:49:49 PM

A.P.O.D.

knowledge@wharton Guilt is Good: A New Approach to Environmental Problems

...Now two Wharton professors have concluded that re-framing environmental issues in such a way that individuals feel encouraged to take a personal initiative may be a better approach.
While simply asking people to "do the right thing" might sound naïve, Paul R. Kleindorfer, a professor of management science, and Ulku Oktem, a senior research fellow at Wharton's Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, argue that such an approach may be the most effective way to prevent a global ecological catastrophe...

9:30:27 AM

CNN General: Some Iraq prisoners were tortured [CNN Top Stories]

9:29:10 AM

BBC Water 'wake-up call' given by UN. A UN report says key goals to improve clean water and sanitation by 2015 will fail unless the world acts. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

8:57:13 AM

I think McCain is right on all counts here. Kerry is using Vietnam as a political strategy to avoid looking soft on certain issues. As such, Kerry brought the controversy on himself. That said, the various criticisms are inappropriate and indefensible save meaningless points.

Yahoo! McCain 'sick and tired of re-fighting' Vietnam War (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Sen. John McCain argued Wednesday that Americans need to get past Vietnam, spreading blame for the bitter political debate among both presidential candidates, a federal agency and a veterans group attacking Sen. John Kerry's combat record. [Yahoo! News - Reader Ratings]

Updated: 8/29/04; 10:43:50 PM.

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