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The key to peace lay in Nixon's decision to jettison his demand that Ho Chi Minh withdraw from South Vietnam--a demand that he could have renounced four years earlier, sparing 18,000 American lives.
When you think about it, it makes sense that some Alabamians found it hard to jettison overnight a 300-year-old custom.
At the same time, this overwhelmingly liberal community, happy to jettison the Second Amendment, is steamed that Washington has gone soft on the gun lobby.
USAT reports that as soon as the Unabomber judge took the bench on Monday, Kaczynski, in a low calm voice asked to "revisit" the issue of his attorneys, apparently referring to his desire to jettison them because they still intend to introduce non-medical evidence of his mental instability.
And while we're at it, isn't it time to jettison all this anal-retentive preoccupation with a balanced budget?