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After a meeting between representatives of the Bolivian Aviation airline (BOA), the Authority for the Regulation and Supervision of Telecommunications and Transport (ATT) and the owner of the lost cat Tito, it was agreed that the state company must return all the expenses incurred by the affected in the search for your pet. In two more days it is a month since the loss of the cat Tito, who disappeared without a trace of the kennel in which he had to travel from Tarija to Santa Cruz. Tito the cat lost by BOA. Bolivia.comThe Government hired an interspecies communicator to...

BAGHDAD, Oct. 1, 2009 – It's not difficult to find a servicemember who can speak two or possibly three languages, but it's nearly impossible to find one who is fluent in five. Army Spc. Ikram Mansori smiles as she is greeted by a group of Iraqi girls at an elementary school during a combined humanitarian assistance mission in Salman Pak, Iraq. Mansori speaks five languages, including Arabic. U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Jared Gehmann   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. For Moroccan-born Army Spc. Ikram Mansori, who now calls San Francisco home, being fluent in Arabic, French, Spanish, Moroccan...

"Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory . . . Abandoned by his party, betrayed by his friends, stripped of his offices, whoever can command this power is still formidable." - Winston S. Churchill "(I) won a nickname, 'The Great Communicator.' But I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference: It was the content. I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things." – Ronald Reagan "Don't tell me words don't matter! 'I have a dream'-- just words? 'We hold these truths...

Of all the pitfalls Barack Obama might face in the presidency, here is one not many people predicted: He is struggling as a public communicator. The sluggish and unsteady response to the uproar over AIG bonuses highlights a larger problem of his White House: Obama’s surprisingly uneven campaign to educate the public about the economic crisis and convince the public that he is in command of circumstances. It was brilliant communications skills that carried Obama to the presidency, with a national campaign built on the strength of his personal story and the clarity of his promise to transform politics. On...

Not being in the middle of it all gives me a rather unique advantage. That means I have no one to answer to for my views. I just watch things, and then I talk about them. In other words, this means I don’t have to lie about my biases in order to keep some false sense of objectivity alive for the gullible. In other words, I’m no Chris Matthews. Let me start then with the current batch of presidential hopefuls: Folks - meaning the current Republican candidates - you really need to watch out for Fred Thompson. None of you...

Once again, President Bush's popularity has gone down, this time to near its previous bottom. His friends and supporters are dismayed, especially since the economic and other news is not that bad. It is certainly not as bad as it has been, or as it might be. The intensity and duration of this unpopularity is not unique. Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton aroused similar emotions. Only Nixon did not recover from this after his presidency (although his foreign policy skill has been vindicated). What did Presidents Truman, Reagan and Clinton have in common? They were good...

CMT (Country Music Television) has a new series out called True Grit, and the first episode is about Ronald Reagan! I just saw the first showing, and it is really well done. Here are the rebroadcast times for this same episode: Sunday, February 19, 2006 1:00 AM ET/PT Sunday, February 19, 2006 2:00 PM ET/PT Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:00 PM ET/PT Monday, February 20, 2006 5:00 PM ET/PT Tuesday, February 21, 2006 8:00 PM ET/PT Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:00 PM ET/PT Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:00 PM ET/PT

The title of this new book on Reagan--The GREATEST Communicator, by Dick Wirthlin--got me thinking: If Wirthlin's book title is apt, that means Reagan was a better communicator than Lincoln. But what I want to know is...

Word is The Washington Times has called this book--THE GREATEST COMMUNICATOR by Dick Wirthlin--among the best Reagan biographies ever written. Wirthlin is apparently giving a big speech at the national conference for Young America's Foundation in Washington DC this August (www.yaf.org).

How would you rate the presidency of Ronald Reagan? Votes Outstanding - one of the best ever. 70% Good - better than average in history. 15% Average - not especially good or bad. 6% Poor - will not stand the test of time. 4% Terrible - one of the worst ever. 6%