【R8】OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS,OUTCRIES FROM FOOD ACTIVISTS HAVE CHANGED MANY AMERICANS" EATI

【R7】

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS,OUTCRIES FROM FOOD ACTIVISTS HAVE CHANGED MANY AMERICANS" EATING HABITS-. CRITICISM OF WIDESPREAD PESTICIDE USE LED MANY CONSUMERS TO ORGANIC FOODS,AND EARLY WARNINGS PROMPTED SHOPPERS TO SHUN IRRADIATED AND GENETICALLY ALTERED FOO

D. 【R6】______MAJOR PLAYERS HAVE MUSCLED LAWS THROUGH STATE LEGISLATURES. THE STATUTES MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO SUGGEST THAT A PARTICULAR FOOD IS UNSAFE WITHOUT A "SOUND SCIENTIFIC BASIS" FOR THE CLAI

M. THESE SO-CALLED BANANA BILLS ARE UNDER DISCUSSION IN SEVERAL U. S. STATES. BANANA BILL BACKERS BELIEVE THE LAWS WILL PROTECT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS FROM LOSSES LIKE THOSE FOLLOWING THE ALAR SCARE IN 1989,WHEN THE TV MAGAZINE SHOW 60 MINUTES PUBLICIZED A NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL REPORT CHARGING THAT THE CHEMICAL,WHICH ENHANCES THE APPEARANCE OF APPLES,CAUSES CANCER. 【R7】______ BANANA BILL FOES SAY THE LAWS SIMPLY SERVE TO REPRESS THOSE WHO SPEAK OUT AGAINST RISKY FOOD—PRODUCE WITH "ACCEPTABLE" LEVELS OF PESTICIDES,GENETICALLY ALTERED TOMATOES,MILK FROM COWS INJECTED WITH THE GROWTH HORMONE RBST,WHICH BOOSTS MILK PRODUCTIO

N. 【R8】______THEY CALL THEM AN INSULT TO FREE SPEECH AND AN IMPEDIMENT TO COVERING CRITICAL FOOD SAFETY ISSUES,NOTES NICOLS FOX IN AMERICAN JOURNALISM REVIEW(MARCH 1995). MOST CRITICS QUESTION THE LAWS"RE-QUIREMENT THAT ONLY CHARGES BASED ON "REASONABLE AND RELIABLE" EVIDENCE BE ALLOWE

D. 【R9】______AFTER ALL,IT"S UNLIKELY THAT AGRIBUSINESSES WILL ACCEPT EVEN THE BEST EVIDENCE IF IT THREATENS THEIR BOTTOM LIN

E. FOX NOTES THAT EVEN THOUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AFFIRMED THAT ALAR POSED UNACCEPTABLE HEALTH RISKS, WASHINGTON STATE FARM BUREAU SPOKESPERSON PETER STERNBERG INSISTS THAT EPA"S SCIENCE IS "SUBJECT TO SECOND OPINIO

N. "—OPINIONS THAT CHALLENGED ACCEPTED WISDO

M. INSTEAD OF ATTACKING WHAT THEY SNEER AS "JUNK SCIENCE," FOOD PRODUCERS SHOULD BE LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC"S FOOD WORRIES,SAYS SIERRA"S RAUBER.WHO CITES A RECENT YOUNG &RUBICAM POLL THAT FOUND THAT 4 OUT OF 5 AMERICANS ARE "VERY CONCERNED ABOUT FOOD SAFETY. "【R10】______A CASE IN POINT IS RBST MAKER MONSANTO, WHO FOUGHT AND EVENTUALLY LOST A BATTLE TO KEEP DAIRY PRODUCERS FROM ADVERTISING THAT THEIR MILK CAME FROM RBST-FREE COWS. A. MANY JOURNALISTS ARE ALSO OUTRAGED ABOUT BANANA BILLS.

B. MANY AGRIBUSINESSES SEEM MORE INTERESTED IN KEEPING CONSUMERS IN THE DARK ABOUT WHAT THEY"RE EATING THAN IN EXPLORING WAYS TO PRODUCE SAFE FOO

D.

C. BUT NOW ANGRY AGRIBUSINESS GROUPS ARE FIGHTING BAC

K.

D. THE NATION" S HEALTH HAS DOUBTLESS BEEN IMPROVED AFTER THE BANANA BILL HAS BEEN APPROVE

D.

E. OVERNIGHT,TONS OF APPLES,APPLESAUCE,AND APPLE JUICE BECAME GROCERY SHELF UNTOUCHABLES,AND WASHINGTON APPLE GROWERS LOST $130 MILLION,ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON STATE FARM BUREAU.

F. WHO DETERMINES WHAT"S "REASONABLE"?

【R6】

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS,OUTCRIES FROM FOOD ACTIVISTS HAVE CHANGED MANY AMERICANS" EATING HABITS-. CRITICISM OF WIDESPREAD PESTICIDE USE LED MANY CONSUMERS TO ORGANIC FOODS,AND EARLY WARNINGS PROMPTED SHOPPERS TO SHUN IRRADIATED AND GENETICALLY ALTERED FOO

D. 【R6】______MAJOR PLAYERS HAVE MUSCLED LAWS THROUGH STATE LEGISLATURES. THE STATUTES MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO SUGGEST THAT A PARTICULAR FOOD IS UNSAFE WITHOUT A "SOUND SCIENTIFIC BASIS" FOR THE CLAI

M. THESE SO-CALLED BANANA BILLS ARE UNDER DISCUSSION IN SEVERAL U. S. STATES. BANANA BILL BACKERS BELIEVE THE LAWS WILL PROTECT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS FROM LOSSES LIKE THOSE FOLLOWING THE ALAR SCARE IN 1989,WHEN THE TV MAGAZINE SHOW 60 MINUTES PUBLICIZED A NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL REPORT CHARGING THAT THE CHEMICAL,WHICH ENHANCES THE APPEARANCE OF APPLES,CAUSES CANCER. 【R7】______ BANANA BILL FOES SAY THE LAWS SIMPLY SERVE TO REPRESS THOSE WHO SPEAK OUT AGAINST RISKY FOOD—PRODUCE WITH "ACCEPTABLE" LEVELS OF PESTICIDES,GENETICALLY ALTERED TOMATOES,MILK FROM COWS INJECTED WITH THE GROWTH HORMONE RBST,WHICH BOOSTS MILK PRODUCTIO

N. 【R8】______THEY CALL THEM AN INSULT TO FREE SPEECH AND AN IMPEDIMENT TO COVERING CRITICAL FOOD SAFETY ISSUES,NOTES NICOLS FOX IN AMERICAN JOURNALISM REVIEW(MARCH 1995). MOST CRITICS QUESTION THE LAWS"RE-QUIREMENT THAT ONLY CHARGES BASED ON "REASONABLE AND RELIABLE" EVIDENCE BE ALLOWE

D. 【R9】______AFTER ALL,IT"S UNLIKELY THAT AGRIBUSINESSES WILL ACCEPT EVEN THE BEST EVIDENCE IF IT THREATENS THEIR BOTTOM LIN

E. FOX NOTES THAT EVEN THOUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AFFIRMED THAT ALAR POSED UNACCEPTABLE HEALTH RISKS, WASHINGTON STATE FARM BUREAU SPOKESPERSON PETER STERNBERG INSISTS THAT EPA"S SCIENCE IS "SUBJECT TO SECOND OPINIO

N. "—OPINIONS THAT CHALLENGED ACCEPTED WISDO

M. INSTEAD OF ATTACKING WHAT THEY SNEER AS "JUNK SCIENCE," FOOD PRODUCERS SHOULD BE LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC"S FOOD WORRIES,SAYS SIERRA"S RAUBER.WHO CITES A RECENT YOUNG &RUBICAM POLL THAT FOUND THAT 4 OUT OF 5 AMERICANS ARE "VERY CONCERNED ABOUT FOOD SAFETY. "【R10】______A CASE IN POINT IS RBST MAKER MONSANTO, WHO FOUGHT AND EVENTUALLY LOST A BATTLE TO KEEP DAIRY PRODUCERS FROM ADVERTISING THAT THEIR MILK CAME FROM RBST-FREE COWS. A. MANY JOURNALISTS ARE ALSO OUTRAGED ABOUT BANANA BILLS.

B. MANY AGRIBUSINESSES SEEM MORE INTERESTED IN KEEPING CONSUMERS IN THE DARK ABOUT WHAT THEY"RE EATING THAN IN EXPLORING WAYS TO PRODUCE SAFE FOO

D.

C. BUT NOW ANGRY AGRIBUSINESS GROUPS ARE FIGHTING BAC

K.

D. THE NATION" S HEALTH HAS DOUBTLESS BEEN IMPROVED AFTER THE BANANA BILL HAS BEEN APPROVE

D.

E. OVERNIGHT,TONS OF APPLES,APPLESAUCE,AND APPLE JUICE BECAME GROCERY SHELF UNTOUCHABLES,AND WASHINGTON APPLE GROWERS LOST $130 MILLION,ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON STATE FARM BUREAU.

F. WHO DETERMINES WHAT"S "REASONABLE"?

【R5】

THE BUSH CROWD BRISTLES AT THE USE OF THE "Q-WORD"—QUAGMIRE(沼泽)—TO DESCRIBE AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ. BUT WITH OUR SOLDIERS FIGHTING AND DYING WITH NO END IN SIGHT,WHO CAN DENY THAT MR. BUSH HAS GOTTEN US INTO "A SITUATION FROM WHICH EXTRICATION IS VERY DIFFICULT," WHICH IS A STANDARD DEFINITION OF QUAGMIRE? MORE THAN 1,730 AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE ALREADY DIED IN IRAQ. 【R1】______. SHE WAS ONE OF SIX SERVICE MEMBERS,INCLUDING FOUR WOMEN,WHO WERE KILLED WHEN A SUICIDE BOMBER STRUCK THEIR CONVOY IN FALLUJA LAST WEE

K. WITH EVIDENCE MOUNTING THAT U. S. TROOP STRENGTH IN IRAQ WAS INADEQUATE,MR. BUSH TOLD REPORTERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, "THERE ARE SOME WHO FEEL THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT THEY CAN ATTACK US THER

E. MY ANSWER IS, BRING"EM O

N." 【R2】______. A NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT SAID: "I AM SHAKING MY HEAD IN DISBELIE

F. WHEN I SERVED IN THE ARMY IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II,I NEVER HEARD ANY MILITARY COMMANDER------LET ALONE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF------INVITE ENEMIES TO ATTACK U. S. TROOPS." 【R3】______. "WE"VE LEARNED THAT IRAQIS ARE COURAGEOUS AND THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SKILLS," SAID MR. BUSH IN HIS TELEVISION ADDRESS. "AND THAT IS WHY A MAJOR PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO TRAIN THEM SO THEY CAN DO THE FIGHTING,AND THEN OUR TROOPS CAN COME HOM

E." DON"T HOLD YOUR BREAT

H. 【R4】______. WHETHER ONE AGREED WITH THE LAUNCH OF THIS WAR OR NOT,THE TROOPS DOING THE FIGHTING DESERVE TO BE GUIDED BY LEADERS IN WASHINGTON WHO ARE AT LEAST MINIMALLY COMPETENT AT WAGING WAR. 【R5】______. A. IT WAS AN IMMATURE DISPLAY OF STREET-CORNER MACHISMO(男子气概)THAT APPALLED PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE AGONIZING ORDEALS OF COMBAT.

B. THE AMERICAN DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ AT THAT POINT WAS ABOUT 200, BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT A VICIOUS OPPOSITION WAS DEVELOPIN

G.

C. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE ADMINISTRATION"S INABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A STRATEGY AND A WIS

H.

D. SOME WERE LITTLE MORE THAN CHILDREN WHEN THEY SIGNED UP FOR THE ARMED FORCES,LIKE RAMONA VALDEZ, WHO GREW UP IN THE BRONX AND WAS JUST 17 WHEN SHE JOINED THE MARINES.

E. THE LATEST FANTASY OUT OF WASHINGTON IS THAT AMERICAN-TRAINED IRAQI FORCES WILL ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE AMERICAN FORCES HAVE NOT:DEFEAT THE INSURGENCY AND PACIFY IRAQ.

F. THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE,WHICH IS WHY WE CAN EXPECT TO REMAIN STUCK IN THIS TRAGIC QUAGMIRE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTUR

E.

【R4】

THE BUSH CROWD BRISTLES AT THE USE OF THE "Q-WORD"—QUAGMIRE(沼泽)—TO DESCRIBE AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ. BUT WITH OUR SOLDIERS FIGHTING AND DYING WITH NO END IN SIGHT,WHO CAN DENY THAT MR. BUSH HAS GOTTEN US INTO "A SITUATION FROM WHICH EXTRICATION IS VERY DIFFICULT," WHICH IS A STANDARD DEFINITION OF QUAGMIRE? MORE THAN 1,730 AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE ALREADY DIED IN IRAQ. 【R1】______. SHE WAS ONE OF SIX SERVICE MEMBERS,INCLUDING FOUR WOMEN,WHO WERE KILLED WHEN A SUICIDE BOMBER STRUCK THEIR CONVOY IN FALLUJA LAST WEE

K. WITH EVIDENCE MOUNTING THAT U. S. TROOP STRENGTH IN IRAQ WAS INADEQUATE,MR. BUSH TOLD REPORTERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, "THERE ARE SOME WHO FEEL THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT THEY CAN ATTACK US THER

E. MY ANSWER IS, BRING"EM O

N." 【R2】______. A NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT SAID: "I AM SHAKING MY HEAD IN DISBELIE

F. WHEN I SERVED IN THE ARMY IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II,I NEVER HEARD ANY MILITARY COMMANDER------LET ALONE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF------INVITE ENEMIES TO ATTACK U. S. TROOPS." 【R3】______. "WE"VE LEARNED THAT IRAQIS ARE COURAGEOUS AND THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SKILLS," SAID MR. BUSH IN HIS TELEVISION ADDRESS. "AND THAT IS WHY A MAJOR PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO TRAIN THEM SO THEY CAN DO THE FIGHTING,AND THEN OUR TROOPS CAN COME HOM

E." DON"T HOLD YOUR BREAT

H. 【R4】______. WHETHER ONE AGREED WITH THE LAUNCH OF THIS WAR OR NOT,THE TROOPS DOING THE FIGHTING DESERVE TO BE GUIDED BY LEADERS IN WASHINGTON WHO ARE AT LEAST MINIMALLY COMPETENT AT WAGING WAR. 【R5】______. A. IT WAS AN IMMATURE DISPLAY OF STREET-CORNER MACHISMO(男子气概)THAT APPALLED PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE AGONIZING ORDEALS OF COMBAT.

B. THE AMERICAN DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ AT THAT POINT WAS ABOUT 200, BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT A VICIOUS OPPOSITION WAS DEVELOPIN

G.

C. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE ADMINISTRATION"S INABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A STRATEGY AND A WIS

H.

D. SOME WERE LITTLE MORE THAN CHILDREN WHEN THEY SIGNED UP FOR THE ARMED FORCES,LIKE RAMONA VALDEZ, WHO GREW UP IN THE BRONX AND WAS JUST 17 WHEN SHE JOINED THE MARINES.

E. THE LATEST FANTASY OUT OF WASHINGTON IS THAT AMERICAN-TRAINED IRAQI FORCES WILL ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE AMERICAN FORCES HAVE NOT:DEFEAT THE INSURGENCY AND PACIFY IRAQ.

F. THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE,WHICH IS WHY WE CAN EXPECT TO REMAIN STUCK IN THIS TRAGIC QUAGMIRE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTUR

E.

【R3】

THE BUSH CROWD BRISTLES AT THE USE OF THE "Q-WORD"—QUAGMIRE(沼泽)—TO DESCRIBE AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ. BUT WITH OUR SOLDIERS FIGHTING AND DYING WITH NO END IN SIGHT,WHO CAN DENY THAT MR. BUSH HAS GOTTEN US INTO "A SITUATION FROM WHICH EXTRICATION IS VERY DIFFICULT," WHICH IS A STANDARD DEFINITION OF QUAGMIRE? MORE THAN 1,730 AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE ALREADY DIED IN IRAQ. 【R1】______. SHE WAS ONE OF SIX SERVICE MEMBERS,INCLUDING FOUR WOMEN,WHO WERE KILLED WHEN A SUICIDE BOMBER STRUCK THEIR CONVOY IN FALLUJA LAST WEE

K. WITH EVIDENCE MOUNTING THAT U. S. TROOP STRENGTH IN IRAQ WAS INADEQUATE,MR. BUSH TOLD REPORTERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, "THERE ARE SOME WHO FEEL THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT THEY CAN ATTACK US THER

E. MY ANSWER IS, BRING"EM O

N." 【R2】______. A NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT SAID: "I AM SHAKING MY HEAD IN DISBELIE

F. WHEN I SERVED IN THE ARMY IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II,I NEVER HEARD ANY MILITARY COMMANDER------LET ALONE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF------INVITE ENEMIES TO ATTACK U. S. TROOPS." 【R3】______. "WE"VE LEARNED THAT IRAQIS ARE COURAGEOUS AND THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SKILLS," SAID MR. BUSH IN HIS TELEVISION ADDRESS. "AND THAT IS WHY A MAJOR PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO TRAIN THEM SO THEY CAN DO THE FIGHTING,AND THEN OUR TROOPS CAN COME HOM

E." DON"T HOLD YOUR BREAT

H. 【R4】______. WHETHER ONE AGREED WITH THE LAUNCH OF THIS WAR OR NOT,THE TROOPS DOING THE FIGHTING DESERVE TO BE GUIDED BY LEADERS IN WASHINGTON WHO ARE AT LEAST MINIMALLY COMPETENT AT WAGING WAR. 【R5】______. A. IT WAS AN IMMATURE DISPLAY OF STREET-CORNER MACHISMO(男子气概)THAT APPALLED PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE AGONIZING ORDEALS OF COMBAT.

B. THE AMERICAN DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ AT THAT POINT WAS ABOUT 200, BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT A VICIOUS OPPOSITION WAS DEVELOPIN

G.

C. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE ADMINISTRATION"S INABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A STRATEGY AND A WIS

H.

D. SOME WERE LITTLE MORE THAN CHILDREN WHEN THEY SIGNED UP FOR THE ARMED FORCES,LIKE RAMONA VALDEZ, WHO GREW UP IN THE BRONX AND WAS JUST 17 WHEN SHE JOINED THE MARINES.

E. THE LATEST FANTASY OUT OF WASHINGTON IS THAT AMERICAN-TRAINED IRAQI FORCES WILL ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE AMERICAN FORCES HAVE NOT:DEFEAT THE INSURGENCY AND PACIFY IRAQ.

F. THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE,WHICH IS WHY WE CAN EXPECT TO REMAIN STUCK IN THIS TRAGIC QUAGMIRE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTUR

E.

【R2】

THE BUSH CROWD BRISTLES AT THE USE OF THE "Q-WORD"—QUAGMIRE(沼泽)—TO DESCRIBE AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ. BUT WITH OUR SOLDIERS FIGHTING AND DYING WITH NO END IN SIGHT,WHO CAN DENY THAT MR. BUSH HAS GOTTEN US INTO "A SITUATION FROM WHICH EXTRICATION IS VERY DIFFICULT," WHICH IS A STANDARD DEFINITION OF QUAGMIRE? MORE THAN 1,730 AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE ALREADY DIED IN IRAQ. 【R1】______. SHE WAS ONE OF SIX SERVICE MEMBERS,INCLUDING FOUR WOMEN,WHO WERE KILLED WHEN A SUICIDE BOMBER STRUCK THEIR CONVOY IN FALLUJA LAST WEE

K. WITH EVIDENCE MOUNTING THAT U. S. TROOP STRENGTH IN IRAQ WAS INADEQUATE,MR. BUSH TOLD REPORTERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, "THERE ARE SOME WHO FEEL THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT THEY CAN ATTACK US THER

E. MY ANSWER IS, BRING"EM O

N." 【R2】______. A NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT SAID: "I AM SHAKING MY HEAD IN DISBELIE

F. WHEN I SERVED IN THE ARMY IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II,I NEVER HEARD ANY MILITARY COMMANDER------LET ALONE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF------INVITE ENEMIES TO ATTACK U. S. TROOPS." 【R3】______. "WE"VE LEARNED THAT IRAQIS ARE COURAGEOUS AND THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SKILLS," SAID MR. BUSH IN HIS TELEVISION ADDRESS. "AND THAT IS WHY A MAJOR PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO TRAIN THEM SO THEY CAN DO THE FIGHTING,AND THEN OUR TROOPS CAN COME HOM

E." DON"T HOLD YOUR BREAT

H. 【R4】______. WHETHER ONE AGREED WITH THE LAUNCH OF THIS WAR OR NOT,THE TROOPS DOING THE FIGHTING DESERVE TO BE GUIDED BY LEADERS IN WASHINGTON WHO ARE AT LEAST MINIMALLY COMPETENT AT WAGING WAR. 【R5】______. A. IT WAS AN IMMATURE DISPLAY OF STREET-CORNER MACHISMO(男子气概)THAT APPALLED PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE AGONIZING ORDEALS OF COMBAT.

B. THE AMERICAN DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ AT THAT POINT WAS ABOUT 200, BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT A VICIOUS OPPOSITION WAS DEVELOPIN

G.

C. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE ADMINISTRATION"S INABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A STRATEGY AND A WIS

H.

D. SOME WERE LITTLE MORE THAN CHILDREN WHEN THEY SIGNED UP FOR THE ARMED FORCES,LIKE RAMONA VALDEZ, WHO GREW UP IN THE BRONX AND WAS JUST 17 WHEN SHE JOINED THE MARINES.

E. THE LATEST FANTASY OUT OF WASHINGTON IS THAT AMERICAN-TRAINED IRAQI FORCES WILL ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE AMERICAN FORCES HAVE NOT:DEFEAT THE INSURGENCY AND PACIFY IRAQ.

F. THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE,WHICH IS WHY WE CAN EXPECT TO REMAIN STUCK IN THIS TRAGIC QUAGMIRE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTUR

E.

【R1】

THE BUSH CROWD BRISTLES AT THE USE OF THE "Q-WORD"—QUAGMIRE(沼泽)—TO DESCRIBE AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ. BUT WITH OUR SOLDIERS FIGHTING AND DYING WITH NO END IN SIGHT,WHO CAN DENY THAT MR. BUSH HAS GOTTEN US INTO "A SITUATION FROM WHICH EXTRICATION IS VERY DIFFICULT," WHICH IS A STANDARD DEFINITION OF QUAGMIRE? MORE THAN 1,730 AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE ALREADY DIED IN IRAQ. 【R1】______. SHE WAS ONE OF SIX SERVICE MEMBERS,INCLUDING FOUR WOMEN,WHO WERE KILLED WHEN A SUICIDE BOMBER STRUCK THEIR CONVOY IN FALLUJA LAST WEE

K. WITH EVIDENCE MOUNTING THAT U. S. TROOP STRENGTH IN IRAQ WAS INADEQUATE,MR. BUSH TOLD REPORTERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE, "THERE ARE SOME WHO FEEL THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT THEY CAN ATTACK US THER

E. MY ANSWER IS, BRING"EM O

N." 【R2】______. A NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT SAID: "I AM SHAKING MY HEAD IN DISBELIE

F. WHEN I SERVED IN THE ARMY IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II,I NEVER HEARD ANY MILITARY COMMANDER------LET ALONE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF------INVITE ENEMIES TO ATTACK U. S. TROOPS." 【R3】______. "WE"VE LEARNED THAT IRAQIS ARE COURAGEOUS AND THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SKILLS," SAID MR. BUSH IN HIS TELEVISION ADDRESS. "AND THAT IS WHY A MAJOR PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO TRAIN THEM SO THEY CAN DO THE FIGHTING,AND THEN OUR TROOPS CAN COME HOM

E." DON"T HOLD YOUR BREAT

H. 【R4】______. WHETHER ONE AGREED WITH THE LAUNCH OF THIS WAR OR NOT,THE TROOPS DOING THE FIGHTING DESERVE TO BE GUIDED BY LEADERS IN WASHINGTON WHO ARE AT LEAST MINIMALLY COMPETENT AT WAGING WAR. 【R5】______. A. IT WAS AN IMMATURE DISPLAY OF STREET-CORNER MACHISMO(男子气概)THAT APPALLED PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE AGONIZING ORDEALS OF COMBAT.

B. THE AMERICAN DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ AT THAT POINT WAS ABOUT 200, BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT A VICIOUS OPPOSITION WAS DEVELOPIN

G.

C. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE ADMINISTRATION"S INABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A STRATEGY AND A WIS

H.

D. SOME WERE LITTLE MORE THAN CHILDREN WHEN THEY SIGNED UP FOR THE ARMED FORCES,LIKE RAMONA VALDEZ, WHO GREW UP IN THE BRONX AND WAS JUST 17 WHEN SHE JOINED THE MARINES.

E. THE LATEST FANTASY OUT OF WASHINGTON IS THAT AMERICAN-TRAINED IRAQI FORCES WILL ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE AMERICAN FORCES HAVE NOT:DEFEAT THE INSURGENCY AND PACIFY IRAQ.

F. THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE,WHICH IS WHY WE CAN EXPECT TO REMAIN STUCK IN THIS TRAGIC QUAGMIRE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTUR

E.

【R10】

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ACCEPTED AND ENCOURAGED BY SOCIETY. SINCE THE 1967 LEGALIZATION OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF MIXED RACE MARRIAGES HAS MORE OR LESS DOUBLED WITH EACH PASSING DECAD

E. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 1. 6 MILLION INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT FIGURE IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE RISIN

G. FOR THE MOST PART, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE SAME RAC

E. 【R6】______. OVER 70% OF AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS, THUS PROVING THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO OVERCOME RACIAL STEREOTYPES. OVER 40% OF AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY DATED SOMEONE OF ANOTHER ETHNICITY AND ARE PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN THE DATING SCEN

E. MANY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE DATING INTERRACIALLY,WHICH IS HELPING TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS. 【R7】______SECRET MIXED RACE ROMANCES OFTEN OCCUR BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE STRICT AND FORBID OR DISCOURAGE DATING OUTSIDE OF ONE"S CULTUR

E. PARENTS ARE OFTEN THE PERPETRATORS OF STEREOTYPES AND RACIS

M. MANY PARENTS FORCE THEIR CHILDREN TO DATE WITHIN THEIR CULTURE, IN ORDER TO AVOID BETRAYING THEIR OWN CULTURAL ROOTS. 【R8】______SOME COUPLES CHOOSE TO AVOID CULTURAL TRADITION ALTOGETHER, SOME CHOOSE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE WEDDINGS IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE BOTH TRADITIONS PROPERLY, AND SOME TRY TO COMPROMISE BY COMBINING CULTURAL CUSTOMS AND CREATING THEIR OW

N. 【R9】______INCLUDING THE FAMILIES IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE COMMUNICATING AND FEELING HAPPY. 【R10】______IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE HOLIDAYS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WHICH TRADITIONS THEY WILL CHOOSE TO CELEBRAT

E. MANY COUPLES CHOOSE TO WORSHIP EITHER SEPARATELY OR THEY WILL FIND A DIFFERENT FAITH THAT SUITS THEM BOT

H. ISSUES CONCERNING CHILDREN, AND HOW THEY WILL BE RAISED BOTH IN FAITH AND CULTURAL ARE ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS FOR MIXED RACE PARENTS. THE MIXED RACE CHILDREN SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH RACIS

M. A. SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS OFTEN RESULT IN MARRIAGE, AND THE WEDDING PLANS THEMSELVES CAN BE A MAJOR STRUGGL

E.

B. ONCE MARRIED, MIXED RACE COUPLES FACE MORE DECISIONS CONCERNING HOLIDAY TRADITIONS, RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND CHILDRE

N.

C. WHILE THERE ARE MANY ISSUES FACED BY THOSE IN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE FRIENDSHIPS AND ROMANCES ARE OFTEN WORTHWHILE AND FULFILLIN

G.

D. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CERTAIN ISSUES SUCH AS FAITH, CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND RACISM THAT CAN CAUSE TENSION AND DISCOMFORT IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

E. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE THE COUPLES FEEL THAT EITHER FRIENDS OR FAMILY WILL NOT APPROV

E.

F. WHEN PREPARING FOR INTERRACIAL WEDDINGS, MANY OF THE PARENTS FEEL THAT THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS ARE BEING DENIED AND CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.

【R9】

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ACCEPTED AND ENCOURAGED BY SOCIETY. SINCE THE 1967 LEGALIZATION OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF MIXED RACE MARRIAGES HAS MORE OR LESS DOUBLED WITH EACH PASSING DECAD

E. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 1. 6 MILLION INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT FIGURE IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE RISIN

G. FOR THE MOST PART, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE SAME RAC

E. 【R6】______. OVER 70% OF AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS, THUS PROVING THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO OVERCOME RACIAL STEREOTYPES. OVER 40% OF AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY DATED SOMEONE OF ANOTHER ETHNICITY AND ARE PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN THE DATING SCEN

E. MANY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE DATING INTERRACIALLY,WHICH IS HELPING TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS. 【R7】______SECRET MIXED RACE ROMANCES OFTEN OCCUR BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE STRICT AND FORBID OR DISCOURAGE DATING OUTSIDE OF ONE"S CULTUR

E. PARENTS ARE OFTEN THE PERPETRATORS OF STEREOTYPES AND RACIS

M. MANY PARENTS FORCE THEIR CHILDREN TO DATE WITHIN THEIR CULTURE, IN ORDER TO AVOID BETRAYING THEIR OWN CULTURAL ROOTS. 【R8】______SOME COUPLES CHOOSE TO AVOID CULTURAL TRADITION ALTOGETHER, SOME CHOOSE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE WEDDINGS IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE BOTH TRADITIONS PROPERLY, AND SOME TRY TO COMPROMISE BY COMBINING CULTURAL CUSTOMS AND CREATING THEIR OW

N. 【R9】______INCLUDING THE FAMILIES IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE COMMUNICATING AND FEELING HAPPY. 【R10】______IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE HOLIDAYS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WHICH TRADITIONS THEY WILL CHOOSE TO CELEBRAT

E. MANY COUPLES CHOOSE TO WORSHIP EITHER SEPARATELY OR THEY WILL FIND A DIFFERENT FAITH THAT SUITS THEM BOT

H. ISSUES CONCERNING CHILDREN, AND HOW THEY WILL BE RAISED BOTH IN FAITH AND CULTURAL ARE ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS FOR MIXED RACE PARENTS. THE MIXED RACE CHILDREN SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH RACIS

M. A. SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS OFTEN RESULT IN MARRIAGE, AND THE WEDDING PLANS THEMSELVES CAN BE A MAJOR STRUGGL

E.

B. ONCE MARRIED, MIXED RACE COUPLES FACE MORE DECISIONS CONCERNING HOLIDAY TRADITIONS, RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND CHILDRE

N.

C. WHILE THERE ARE MANY ISSUES FACED BY THOSE IN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE FRIENDSHIPS AND ROMANCES ARE OFTEN WORTHWHILE AND FULFILLIN

G.

D. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CERTAIN ISSUES SUCH AS FAITH, CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND RACISM THAT CAN CAUSE TENSION AND DISCOMFORT IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

E. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE THE COUPLES FEEL THAT EITHER FRIENDS OR FAMILY WILL NOT APPROV

E.

F. WHEN PREPARING FOR INTERRACIAL WEDDINGS, MANY OF THE PARENTS FEEL THAT THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS ARE BEING DENIED AND CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.

【R8】

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ACCEPTED AND ENCOURAGED BY SOCIETY. SINCE THE 1967 LEGALIZATION OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF MIXED RACE MARRIAGES HAS MORE OR LESS DOUBLED WITH EACH PASSING DECAD

E. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 1. 6 MILLION INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT FIGURE IS FORECASTED TO CONTINUE RISIN

G. FOR THE MOST PART, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACES ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE SAME RAC

E. 【R6】______. OVER 70% OF AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS, THUS PROVING THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO OVERCOME RACIAL STEREOTYPES. OVER 40% OF AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY DATED SOMEONE OF ANOTHER ETHNICITY AND ARE PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN THE DATING SCEN

E. MANY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE DATING INTERRACIALLY,WHICH IS HELPING TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF MIXED RACE RELATIONSHIPS. 【R7】______SECRET MIXED RACE ROMANCES OFTEN OCCUR BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE STRICT AND FORBID OR DISCOURAGE DATING OUTSIDE OF ONE"S CULTUR

E. PARENTS ARE OFTEN THE PERPETRATORS OF STEREOTYPES AND RACIS

M. MANY PARENTS FORCE THEIR CHILDREN TO DATE WITHIN THEIR CULTURE, IN ORDER TO AVOID BETRAYING THEIR OWN CULTURAL ROOTS. 【R8】______SOME COUPLES CHOOSE TO AVOID CULTURAL TRADITION ALTOGETHER, SOME CHOOSE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE WEDDINGS IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE BOTH TRADITIONS PROPERLY, AND SOME TRY TO COMPROMISE BY COMBINING CULTURAL CUSTOMS AND CREATING THEIR OW

N. 【R9】______INCLUDING THE FAMILIES IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP EVERYONE COMMUNICATING AND FEELING HAPPY. 【R10】______IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE HOLIDAYS WILL TAKE PLACE AND WHICH TRADITIONS THEY WILL CHOOSE TO CELEBRAT

E. MANY COUPLES CHOOSE TO WORSHIP EITHER SEPARATELY OR THEY WILL FIND A DIFFERENT FAITH THAT SUITS THEM BOT

H. ISSUES CONCERNING CHILDREN, AND HOW THEY WILL BE RAISED BOTH IN FAITH AND CULTURAL ARE ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS FOR MIXED RACE PARENTS. THE MIXED RACE CHILDREN SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH RACIS

M. A. SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS OFTEN RESULT IN MARRIAGE, AND THE WEDDING PLANS THEMSELVES CAN BE A MAJOR STRUGGL

E.

B. ONCE MARRIED, MIXED RACE COUPLES FACE MORE DECISIONS CONCERNING HOLIDAY TRADITIONS, RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND CHILDRE

N.

C. WHILE THERE ARE MANY ISSUES FACED BY THOSE IN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE FRIENDSHIPS AND ROMANCES ARE OFTEN WORTHWHILE AND FULFILLIN

G.

D. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CERTAIN ISSUES SUCH AS FAITH, CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND RACISM THAT CAN CAUSE TENSION AND DISCOMFORT IN THE RELATIONSHIP.

E. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE THE COUPLES FEEL THAT EITHER FRIENDS OR FAMILY WILL NOT APPROV

E.

F. WHEN PREPARING FOR INTERRACIAL WEDDINGS, MANY OF THE PARENTS FEEL THAT THEIR CULTURAL TRADITIONS ARE BEING DENIED AND CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.