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Kennedy should resign
By Jeff Jacoby
Globe Columnist / August 23, 2009 RUNNING for reelection in 1982, Senator Ted Kennedy aired a series of sentimental television ads in which longtime supporters spoke of him as an empathetic human being who was no stranger to suffering and sorrow. One of those supporters was 83-year-old Frank Manning, founder of the Massachusetts Association of Older Americans. “He’s not a plaster saint, he’s not without his faults,’’ Manning said in the ad. “But we wouldn’t want a plaster saint.’’ I didn’t vote for Kennedy in 1982 or any other year, and I have certainly never thought of him as a saint, plaster or otherwise. Play-to-win politics, not piety, has been the essence of his long career in the Senate. He has a gift for the poignant gesture; there is no denying he is a deft hand at evoking the affection of his many admirers. But beneath the tug at the heartstrings, there is always shrewd political calculation. Today Kennedy is gravely ill with brain cancer, but his political instincts are as sharp as ever. Given his condition, the letter he sent to Massachusetts political leaders last week could not help but generate a fresh wave of sympathy. “I am now writing to you,’’ it reads, “about an issue that concerns me deeply - the continuity of representation for Massachusetts, should a vacancy occur.’’ As a human being, Kennedy is surely grateful for that sympathy. As a canny political navigator, he reckons it may provide the cover needed to change Massachusetts law to benefit his party. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/08/23/kennedy_should_resign/

Some of these are giving me trouble because I feel like they could go either way. If anyone could assist me that would be great. Thank you. Directions: Make any necessary corrections to the following sentences. If the underlined words are written correctly, write OK. Example: Please have all applicants for the administrative assistant position take a five minute keyboarding test.
five-minute 1. We must bring our customer records up-to-date by the end of this month.
2. The Boston-Miami flight is scheduled twice daily on weekdays. 3. Next month we are scheduled to replace the two slowest-printing printers in our department. 4. Only Oklahoma-University students were issued tickets to the musical production. 5. Our manager, Mr. Allen, is one of the most kind-hearted people I have ever met. 6. All our charge-account customers have already received advance notice of our July linen sale. 7. Too many long-winded speakers at this banquet could cause a low attendance at tomorrow night’s banquet. 8. The First Lady’s recent visit to England bolstered British-American relations. 9. Three of these programs are government-sponsored and will expire at the end of 2010. 10. The air conditioning equipment in our building broke down yesterday.
I think I got most of them, just not the Boston-Miami one.

Last night (see attached story) if I am not mistaken. Larry King had a disgraced Boston Police officer on his show. His name is Justin Barrett. So far he has lost his badge,his gun and been relieved of duty as a Captain in the Massachusetts National Guard. So tell me something how come the dummies in South Carolina don’t get rid of their Governor and why doesn’t the Air Force relieve him of his Captain duties. He had an affair which is worse than what this Boston Police officer did. Is it because if Sanford were to step down South Carolina would have no one to lead it …except there Green Eared Lt. Governor? But Sanford could quit the military he would not be missed!!! Police officer suspended after racially charged e-mail By Matt Collette Globe Correspondent / July 30, 2009 An officer in the Boston Police Department has been suspended after allegedly writing a racially charged e-mail about Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. to colleagues at the National Guard, a law enforcement official said. The law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Officer Justin Barrett referred to the black scholar as a “jungle monkey’’ in the letter, written in reaction to news coverage of Gates’s arrest July 16. Barrett was suspended Tuesday, pending a termination hearing. Mayor Thomas M. Menino condemned the comment and called for the officer’s dismissal. “I was angry about the incident when the commissioner spoke to me [Tuesday] night,’’ Menino said. “I said, ‘He has no place in this department, and we have to take his badge away.’ That stuff doesn’t belong in our city, and we’re not going to tolerate it.’’ The mayor said he has not seen the e-mail and while the officer is not officially terminated, he might as well be. “He’s gone - g-o-n-e. I don’t care, it’s like cancer, you don’t keep those cancers around.’’ In an interview that WCVB-TV aired last night, Barrett said he used “a poor choice of words.’’ “I did not mean to offend anyone,’’ he said. “The words were being used to characterize behavior, not describe anyone . . . I didn’t mean it in a racist way. I treat everyone with dignity and respect.’’ Barrett and his lawyer said they will fight the charges. “People are making it about race. It is not about race,’’ Barrett said. Gates was arrested by Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley on charges of disorderly conduct. Though the charges were dropped, the case became national news after Gates accused Crowley of arresting him because he was black. The two men are set to have a beer with Obama tonight. Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis stripped Barrett, 36, of his gun and badge Tuesday, said police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll. Barrett, who has been on the job for two years and has no previous disciplinary record, faces a termination hearing in the next week, she said. When a supervisor confronted Barrett about the e-mail, he admitted to writing it, Driscoll said. “[Tuesday] afternoon, Commissioner Davis was made aware that Officer Barrett was the author of correspondence which included racially charged language,’’ she said. “At that time, Commissioner Davis immediately stripped Officer Barrett of his gun and badge, and at this time we will be moving forward with the hearing process.’’ It was unclear last night when the letter was sent. Barrett, who was assigned to District B-3 in Dorchester, will receive legal representation from Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association. In a letter to union members posted on their website, union officials denounced the statements but asked “that the facts be determined before a rush to judgment is made. “While the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association has a duty to assure that the contractual and due process rights of each and every member are protected, we strongly denounce these statements as being offensive and hurtful.’’ The letter is signed by Thomas J. Nee, the union president; Ronald T. MacGillivray, the vice president; John D. Broderick, Jr., treasurer; and Thomas N. Pratt, secretary. A spokesman for the Massachusetts National Guard, with which Barrett also serves, did not respond to messages left at his office or on his cellphone. WCVB reported that Barrett was relieved of National Guard duty. Maria Cramer of the Globe staff contributed to this report. © Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company