SENATE|NNP ETHICS|NNP PANEL|NNP ADMONISHES|NNP NEW|NNP JERSEY|NNP SENATOR|NNP FOR|IN CONDUCT|NNP RELATED|NNP TO|TO GIFTS|NNP WASHINGTON|NNP The|DT Senate|NNP Ethics|NNP Committee|NNP on|IN Tuesday|NNP night|NN "|'' severely|RB admonished|JJ "|'' Sen.|NN Robert|NNP G.|NN Torricelli|NNP ,|, D-N.J|NNP .|. ,|, saying|VBG he|PRP had|VBD violated|VBN Senate|NNP rules|NNS by|IN accepting|VBG and|CC failing|VBG to|TO disclose|VB expensive|JJ gifts|NNS from|IN a|DT former|JJ contributor|NN to|TO whom|WP he|PRP repeatedly|RB gave|VBD help|VB .|. 

On|IN the|DT basis|NN of|IN thousands|NNS of|IN pages|NNS of|IN information|NN developed|VBN in|IN an|DT earlier|JJR federal|JJ inquiry|NN into|IN Torricelli|NNP 's|POS activities|NNS ,|, the|DT committee|NN chastised|VBD him|PRP for|IN using|VBG poor|JJ judgment|NN and|CC disregarding|VBG Senate|NNP rules|NNS in|IN his|PRP$ dealings|NNS with|IN the|DT former|JJ donor|NN ,|, David|NNP Chang|NNP .|. 

"|'' Your|PRP$ actions|NNS and|CC failure|NN to|TO act|VB led|VBN to|TO violations|NNS of|IN Senate|NNP rules|NNS (|( and|CC related|VBN statutes|NNS )|) and|CC created|VBN at|IN least|JJS the|DT appearance|NN of|IN impropriety|NN ,|, "|'' the|DT three|CD Democrats|NNPS and|CC three|CD Republicans|NNPS on|IN the|DT committee|NN said|VBD in|IN a|DT three-page|JJ letter|NN to|TO Torricelli|NNP .|. 

The|DT ethics|NNS panel|NN also|RB ordered|VBD Torricelli|NNP to|TO pay|VB back|RB Chang|NNP --|: with|IN interest|NN --|: for|IN the|DT full|JJ value|NN of|IN a|DT large-screen|JJ television|NN set|VBN and|CC compact-disc|JJ player|NN ,|, and|CC for|IN expensive|JJ earrings|NNS that|IN Chang|NNP gave|VBD to|TO Torricelli|NNP 's|POS sister|NN ,|, to|TO one|CD of|IN his|PRP$ close|NN aides|NNS and|CC to|TO one|CD of|IN Torricelli|NNP 's|POS former|JJ girlfriends|NNS .|. 

The|DT committee|NN 's|POS action|NN comes|VBZ six|CD months|NNS after|IN federal|JJ prosecutors|NNS ended|VBD a|DT lengthy|JJ criminal|JJ investigation|NN into|IN Torricelli|NNP 's|POS activities|NNS without|IN filing|VBG criminal|JJ charges|NNS .|. 

The|DT ethics|NNS panel|NN ,|, to|TO which|WDT evidence|NN from|IN the|DT criminal|JJ case|NN was|VBD forwarded|JJ ,|, concluded|VBD its|PRP$ review|NN just|RB as|IN Torricelli|NNP is|VBZ gearing|VBG up|RP his|PRP$ campaign|NN for|IN re-election|NN against|IN the|DT Republican|JJ candidate|NN ,|, Douglas|NNP R.|NN Forrester|NNP .|. 
After|IN months|NNS in|IN which|WDT polls|NNS showed|VBD Torricelli|NNP well|RB ahead|RB of|IN his|PRP$ relatively|RB unknown|JJ Republican|NNP rival|NN ,|, the|DT contest|NN has|VBZ narrowed|VBN in|IN recent|JJ weeks|NNS .|. 

It|PRP was|VBD the|DT first|JJ time|NN that|IN the|DT Senate|NNP Ethics|NNP Committee|NNP had|VBD voted|VBN to|TO take|VB action|NN against|IN a|DT senator|NN since|IN 1995|CD ,|, when|WRB it|PRP recommended|VBD that|IN Bob|NNP Packwood|NNP ,|, an|DT Oregon|NNP Republican|NNP ,|, be|VB expelled|VBN on|IN the|DT ground|NN of|IN sexual|JJ and|CC official|JJ misconduct|NN .|. 
Packwood|NNP later|RB resigned|VBD .|. 

Sen.|NN Daniel|NNP K.|NN Inouye|NNP ,|, D-Hawaii|NNP ,|, who|WP led|VBD the|DT ethics|NNS inquiry|NN ,|, said|VBD he|PRP believed|VBD the|DT investigation|NN was|VBD thorough|JJ and|CC fair|JJ but|CC would|MD not|RB offer|VB a|DT detailed|JJ description|NN of|IN the|DT committee|NN 's|POS secret|JJ deliberations|NNS .|. 
"|'' The|DT document|NN speaks|VBZ for|IN itself|PRP ,|, "|'' said|VBD Inouye|NNP ,|, who|WP said|VBD that|IN he|PRP considered|VBD the|DT matter|NN closed|VBD with|IN the|DT letter|NN .|. 

Within|IN minutes|NNS after|IN the|DT committee|NN released|VBD its|PRP$ letter|NN publicly|RB ,|, Torricelli|NNP took|VBD the|DT Senate|NNP floor|NN Tuesday|NNP night|NN to|TO apologize|VB to|TO the|DT people|NNS of|IN New|NNP Jersey|NNP for|IN allowing|VBG his|PRP$ seat|NN in|IN the|DT chamber|NN "|'' to|TO be|VB placed|VBN in|IN this|DT position|NN .|. "|'' 

During|IN nearly|RB seven|CD hours|NNS of|IN sworn|JJ testimony|NN last|JJ week|NN before|IN the|DT members|NNS and|CC staff|NN of|IN the|DT ethics|NNS panel|NN ,|, Torricelli|NNP said|VBD that|IN he|PRP had|VBD not|RB taken|VBN any|DT gifts|NNS from|IN Chang|NNP ,|, and|CC that|IN what|WP items|NNS he|PRP had|VBD accepted|VBN from|IN the|DT businessman|NN he|PRP had|VBD later|RB paid|VBN Chang|NNP for|IN ,|, one|CD person|NN familiar|JJ with|IN his|PRP$ account|NN said|VBD .|. 

Torricelli|NNP also|RB insisted|VBD that|IN he|PRP had|VBD not|RB done|VBN any|DT unusual|JJ favors|NNS for|IN Chang|NNP ,|, who|WP first|RB turned|VBD to|TO the|DT senator|NN in|IN 1995|CD for|IN help|NN in|IN winning|VBG the|DT repayment|NN of|IN some|DT $71|NN million|CD he|PRP said|VBD he|PRP was|VBD then|RB owed|VBN in|IN a|DT failed|JJ business|NN deal|NN with|IN the|DT North|NNP Korean|JJ government|NN .|. 

The|DT Ethics|NNP Committee|NNP was|VBD unconvinced|JJ .|. 

In|IN its|PRP$ letter|NN ,|, which|WDT was|VBD signed|VBN by|IN all|DT six|CD members|NNS ,|, the|DT panel|NN wrote|VBD that|IN it|PRP was|VBD "|'' troubled|VBN by|IN incongruities|NNS ,|, inconsistencies|NNS and|CC conflicts|NNS ,|, particularly|RB concerning|VBG actions|NNS taken|VBN by|IN you|PRP which|WDT were|VBD or|CC could|MD have|VB been|VBN of|IN potential|JJ benefit|NN to|TO Chang|NNP .|. "|'' 

The|DT committee|NN criticized|VBD Torricelli|NNP for|IN maintaining|VBG a|DT "|'' personal|NN and|CC official|JJ relationship|NN with|IN Chang|NNP under|IN circumstances|NNS where|WRB you|PRP knew|VBD that|IN he|PRP was|VBD attempting|VBG to|TO ingratiate|VB himself|PRP ,|, in|IN part|NN through|IN a|DT pattern|NN of|IN attempts|NNS to|TO provide|VB you|PRP and|CC those|DT around|IN you|PRP with|IN gifts|NNS over|IN a|DT period|NN of|IN several|JJ years|NNS .|. "|'' 

During|IN that|DT time|NN ,|, the|DT panel|NN said|VBD ,|, Torricelli|NNP and|CC members|NNS of|IN his|PRP$ Senate|NNP staff|NN took|VBD a|DT series|NN of|IN actions|NNS to|TO help|VB Chang|NNP ,|, contacting|VBG U.S.|NNP government|NN officials|NNS ,|, writing|VBG letters|NNS to|TO foreign|JJ government|NN officials|NNS and|CC bringing|VBG Chang|NNP or|CC his|PRP$ business|NN representatives|NNS into|IN meetings|NNS with|IN foreign|JJ officials|NNS .|. 

The|DT committee|NN did|VBD not|RB confirm|VB some|DT of|IN the|DT most|RBS serious|JJ allegations|NNS ,|, including|VBG Chang|NNP 's|POS claim|NN that|IN he|PRP gave|VBD Torricelli|NNP tens|NNS of|IN thousands|NNS of|IN dollars|NNS in|IN cash|NN .|. 

The|DT committee|NN said|VBD it|PRP had|VBD weighed|VBN the|DT fact|NN that|IN Torricelli|NNP 's|POS principal|JJ accuser|NN in|IN the|DT case|NN had|VBD been|VBN Chang|NNP ,|, "|'' a|DT witness|NN whose|WP$ credibility|NN has|VBZ been|VBN called|VBN into|IN question|NN by|IN the|DT Department|NNP of|IN Justice|NNP ,|, a|DT United|NNP States|NNPS District|NNP judge|NN and|CC his|PRP$ own|JJ conduct|NN .|. "|'' 
In|IN May|NNP ,|, that|DT judge|NN sentenced|VBN sentenced|VBN Chang|NNP to|TO 18|CD months|NNS '|POS imprisonment|NN for|IN obstructing|JJ justice|NN and|CC making|VBG $53,700|NN in|IN illegal|JJ campaign|NN contributions|NNS to|TO Torricelli|NNP 's|POS 1996|CD Senate|NNP campaign|NN .|. 

But|CC at|IN the|DT time|NN of|IN Chang|NNP 's|POS sentencing|NN ,|, the|DT judge|NN ,|, Alfred|NNP M.|NN Wolin|NNP ,|, also|RB said|VBD the|DT businessman|NN had|VBD cooperated|VBN closely|RB with|IN federal|JJ investigators|NNS ,|, providing|VBG them|PRP with|IN information|NN that|WDT was|VBD "|'' material|NN and|CC credible|JJ .|. "|'' 

The|DT ethics|NNS committee|NN has|VBZ the|DT power|NN to|TO punish|VB lawmakers|NNS with|IN sanctions|NNS ranging|VBG from|IN public|NN or|CC private|JJ letters|NNS of|IN admonition|NN to|TO censure|NN or|CC expulsion|NN .|. 
In|IN Torricelli|NNP 's|POS case|NN ,|, it|PRP acted|VBD without|IN conducting|VBG a|DT full|JJ investigation|NN ,|, saying|VBG the|DT case|NN had|VBD been|VBN exhaustively|RB scrutinized|VBN by|IN federal|JJ authorities|NNS .|. 

A|DT lawyer|NN for|IN Chang|NNP ,|, Bradley|NNP D.|NN Simon|NNP ,|, said|VBD Tuesday|NNP night|NN that|IN he|PRP was|VBD disappointed|VBN that|IN the|DT ethics|NNS panel|NN had|VBD confirmed|VBN only|RB a|DT handful|NN of|IN the|DT gifts|NNS he|PRP said|VBD his|PRP$ client|NN had|VBD given|VBN Torricelli|NNP ,|, and|CC that|IN the|DT panel|NN did|VBD not|RB deal|VB with|IN what|WP he|PRP said|VBD were|VBD actions|NNS by|IN Torricelli|NNP to|TO thwart|VB the|DT federal|JJ investigation|NN .|. 

"|'' This|DT matter|NN was|VBD far|RB more|RBR serious|JJ than|IN what|WP the|DT committee|NN found|VBD ,|, "|'' Simon|NNP said|VBD .|. 

According|VBG to|TO two|CD government|NN officials|NNS involved|VBN in|IN the|DT inquiry|NN ,|, the|DT Ethics|NNP Committee|NNP received|VBD a|DT vast|JJ amount|NN of|IN information|NN from|IN federal|JJ investigators|NNS ,|, some|DT of|IN it|PRP under|IN a|DT court|NN order|NN issued|VBN in|IN March|NNP .|. 

That|DT information|NN included|VBD witness|NN statements|NNS ,|, store|NN receipts|NNS and|CC other|JJ documents|NNS indicating|VBG that|IN Chang|NNP had|VBD paid|VBN for|IN expensive|JJ items|NNS given|VBN to|TO Torricelli|NNP ,|, his|PRP$ sister|NN ,|, one|CD of|IN his|PRP$ longtime|JJ aides|NNS ,|, Roberta|NNP Stern|NNP ,|, and|CC one|CD of|IN Torricelli|NNP 's|POS former|JJ girlfriends|NNS ,|, Judy|NNP D.|NN Balaban|NNP .|. 

The|DT committee|NN 's|POS letter|NN did|VBD not|RB mention|VB Chang|NNP 's|POS reported|VBD gifts|NNS to|TO Torricelli|NNP of|IN an|DT $8,100|NN Rolex|NNP watch|VB ,|, about|IN a|DT dozen|NN Italian-made|NNP suits|NNS and|CC a|DT $3,816|NN antique|JJ grandfather|NN clock|NN .|. 
Nor|CC did|VBD it|PRP cite|VB a|DT $1,590|NN Oriental|JJ carpet|NN that|IN Chang|NNP gave|VBD to|TO Torricelli|NNP 's|POS former|JJ wife|NN ,|, Susan|NNP Holloway|NNP Torricelli|NNP .|. 
A|DT government|NN official|NN involved|VBN in|IN the|DT inquiry|NN said|VBD that|DT evidence|NN of|IN those|DT gifts|NNS was|VBD either|CC incomplete|JJ or|CC the|DT subject|NN of|IN conflicting|JJ accounts|NNS by|IN different|JJ witnesses|NNS .|. 

The|DT committee|NN confirmed|VBD Torricelli|NNP 's|POS claims|NNS he|PRP had|VBD made|VBN partial|JJ repayments|NNS to|TO Chang|NNP for|IN two|CD gifts|NNS :|: a|DT large-screen|JJ television|NN and|CC a|DT stereo|NN compact-disc|JJ player|NN .|. 
But|CC it|PRP said|VBD the|DT senator|NN had|VBD showed|VBN "|'' poor|JJ judgment|NN "|'' by|IN failing|VBG to|TO reimburse|VB him|PRP for|IN the|DT full|JJ market|NN value|NN of|IN the|DT gifts|NNS .|. 

A|DT person|NN familiar|JJ with|IN Torricelli|NNP 's|POS testimony|NN to|TO the|DT committee|NN said|VBD he|PRP had|VBD told|VBN its|PRP$ members|NNS that|IN he|PRP repaid|VBD the|DT "|'' wholesale|JJ "|'' cost|NN of|IN the|DT appliances|NNS because|IN Chang|NNP told|VBD him|PRP that|WDT was|VBD what|WP he|PRP had|VBD paid|VBN .|. 

The|DT ethics|NNS panel|NN also|RB criticized|VBD Torricelli|NNP for|IN taking|VBG two|CD bronze|NN statues|NNS on|IN loan|NN from|IN Chang|NNP .|. 
The|DT statues|NNS ,|, the|DT existence|NN of|IN which|WDT had|VBD not|RB been|VBN publicly|RB known|VBN before|RB ,|, were|VBD displayed|VBN in|IN Torricelli|NNP 's|POS Senate|NNP office|NN .|. 

Finally|RB ,|, the|DT committee|NN appeared|VBD to|TO have|VB discounted|VBN Torricelli|NNP 's|POS contention|NN that|IN he|PRP was|VBD not|RB responsible|JJ for|IN expensive|JJ earrings|NNS that|IN Chang|NNP had|VBD given|VBN as|IN Christmas|NNP gifts|NNS to|TO his|PRP$ sister|NN ,|, Stern|NNP and|CC Balaban|NNP .|. 
The|DT senator|NN 's|POS belief|NN "|'' that|IN such|JJ items|NNS were|VBD of|IN little|JJ value|NN or|CC were|VBD not|RB gifts|NNS to|TO you|PRP under|IN the|DT circumstances|NNS "|'' displayed|VBN poor|JJ judgment|NN and|CC violated|VBD Senate|NNP gift|NN rules|NNS ,|, the|DT panel|NN found|VBD .|. 

According|VBG to|TO a|DT government|NN official|NN involved|VBN in|IN the|DT inquiry|NN ,|, the|DT information|NN reviewed|VBN by|IN the|DT Ethics|NNP Committee|NNP also|RB included|VBD an|DT analysis|NN by|IN federal|JJ investigators|NNS showing|VBG that|IN during|IN the|DT period|NN in|IN which|WDT Chang|NNP claimed|VBD to|TO have|VB made|VBN numerous|JJ cash|NN payments|NNS to|TO Torricelli|NNP ,|, the|DT senator|NN spent|VBD thousands|NNS of|IN dollars|NNS more|JJR in|IN cash|NN than|IN investigators|NNS could|MD account|VB for|IN from|IN his|PRP$ bank|NN withdrawals|NNS and|CC other|JJ known|VBN sources|NNS of|IN income|NN .|. 

The|DT analysis|NN ,|, which|WDT was|VBD assembled|VBN from|IN banking|NN and|CC credit|NN records|NNS ,|, income-tax|NN returns|NNS and|CC congressional|JJ financial-disclosure|JJ forms|NNS ,|, showed|VBN by|IN March|NNP of|IN 1998|CD ,|, Torricelli|NNP 's|POS cash|NN expenditures|NNS were|VBD more|JJR than|IN $22,000|NN in|IN excess|NN of|IN the|DT cash|NN he|PRP had|VBD generated|VBN from|IN checks|NNS and|CC automatic-teller|JJ machines|NNS ,|, an|DT official|NN who|WP has|VBZ reviewed|VBN the|DT document|NN said|VBD .|. 

A|DT spokeswoman|NN for|IN Torricelli|NNP ,|, Debra|NNP DeShong|NNP ,|, said|VBD he|PRP had|VBD fully|RB accounted|VBN for|IN all|PDT the|DT money|NN he|PRP had|VBD spent|VBN .|. 

"|'' Senator|NNP Torricelli|NNP provided|VBD the|DT committee|NN with|IN a|DT full|JJ explanation|NN of|IN sources|NNS of|IN income|NN and|CC any|DT funds|NNS used|VBN for|IN cash|NN purposes|NNS ,|, "|'' she|PRP said|VBD .|. 

Even|RB after|IN the|DT ethics|NNS committee|NN admonished|JJ Torricelli|NNP on|IN Tuesday|NNP night|NN ,|, one|CD of|IN his|PRP$ most|RBS important|JJ political|JJ supporters|NNS ,|, Senate|NNP majority|NN leader|NN Tom|NNP Daschle|NNP ,|, D-S.D|NNP .|. ,|, continued|VBD to|TO defend|VB him|PRP ,|, stating|VBG that|IN the|DT panel|NN had|VBD found|VBN Chang|NNP "|'' a|DT witness|NN wholly|RB without|IN credibility|NN .|. "|'' 

Moving|VBG quickly|RB to|TO make|VB a|DT campaign|NN issue|NN of|IN the|DT Senate|NNP letter|NN ,|, Bill|NNP Pascoe|NNP ,|, Forrester|NNP 's|POS campaign|NN manager|NN ,|, said|VBD the|DT findings|NNS were|VBD evidence|NN that|IN Torricelli|NNP had|VBD undertaken|VBN an|DT "|'' extensive|JJ campaign|NN of|IN misinformation|NN and|CC deceit|NN ,|, "|'' and|CC called|VBN on|IN him|PRP to|TO release|VB the|DT sworn|JJ testimony|NN he|PRP gave|VBD to|TO the|DT panel|NN .|. 

Pascoe|NNP said|VBD ,|, "|'' Only|RB then|RB will|MD New|NNP Jersey|NNP voters|NNS be|VB able|JJ to|TO decide|VB Torricelli|NNP 's|POS fitness|NN for|IN office|NN .|. "|'' 

POWELL|NNP IN|IN BRUNEI|NNP FOR|IN TERROR|NNP TALKS|VBZ ;|: BUT|CC HUMAN|NNP RIGHTS|NNS REMAINS|NNP PERSISTENT|NNP ISSUE|NNP BANDAR|NNP SERI|NNP BEGAWAN|NNP ,|, Brunei|NNP U.S.|NNP Secretary|NNP of|IN State|NNP Colin|NNP Powell|NNP arrived|VBD here|RB on|IN Tuesday|NNP night|NN for|IN meetings|NNS with|IN fellow|NN foreign|JJ ministers|NNS aimed|VBN at|IN solidifying|VBG a|DT second|JJ front|NN ,|, in|IN Southeast|NNP Asia|NNP ,|, in|IN the|DT campaign|NN against|IN global|JJ terrorism|NN .|. 
But|CC he|PRP has|VBZ had|VBN to|TO balance|VB that|DT goal|NN with|IN longstanding|JJ concerns|NNS about|IN human|JJ rights|NNS abuses|NNS in|IN the|DT region|NN .|. 

In|IN meetings|NNS on|IN Tuesday|NNP in|IN Malaysia|NNP and|CC Singapore|NNP before|IN touching|VBG down|RB in|IN this|DT oil-producing|JJ sultanate|NN for|IN two|CD days|NNS of|IN talks|NNS with|IN members|NNS of|IN the|DT Association|NNP of|IN South|NNP East|NNP Asian|NNP Nations|NNPS ,|, Powell|NNP said|VBD he|PRP repeatedly|RB raised|VBD the|DT issue|NN .|. 
"|'' We|PRP still|RB believe|VBP strongly|RB in|IN human|JJ rights|NNS ,|, and|CC that|DT everything|NN we|PRP do|VBP has|VBZ to|TO be|VB consistent|JJ with|IN universal|JJ standards|NNS of|IN human|JJ rights|NNS ,|, "|'' he|PRP said|VBD .|. 

But|CC at|IN a|DT news|NN conference|NN in|IN Singapore|NNP ,|, Powell|NNP hinted|VBD that|IN the|DT Bush|NNP administration|NN was|VBD ready|JJ to|TO discuss|VB resuming|VBG military|JJ cooperation|NN with|IN Indonesia|NNP ,|, the|DT world|NN 's|POS most|RBS populous|JJ Muslim|NNP nation|NN and|CC a|DT sometimes|RB reluctant|JJ partner|NN in|IN the|DT efforts|NNS to|TO crack|VB down|RB on|IN militant|JJ Islamic|NNP groups|NNS .|. 
The|DT United|NNP States|NNPS cut|VBP virtually|RB all|DT military|JJ links|NNS with|IN Indonesia|NNP in|IN 1999|CD after|IN its|PRP$ forces|NNS were|VBD implicated|VBN in|IN the|DT violence|NN that|WDT swept|VBD East|NNP Timor|NNP after|IN that|DT territory|NN voted|VBD for|IN independence|NN .|. 

On|IN Thursday|NNP ,|, Powell|NNP and|CC representatives|NNS of|IN the|DT nations|NNS of|IN the|DT Asian|JJ group|NN ,|, including|VBG Indonesia|NNP ,|, are|VBP expected|VBN to|TO sign|VB a|DT declaration|NN promising|JJ cooperation|NN to|TO prevent|VB terrorism|NN by|IN sharing|VBG information|NN ,|, blocking|VBG funds|NNS ,|, tightening|VBG borders|NNS and|CC making|VBG it|PRP hard|JJ to|TO use|VB forged|VBN travel|NN papers|NNS .|. 

"|'' We|PRP recognized|VBD that|DT terrorism|NN is|VBZ a|DT global|JJ threat|NN and|CC that|IN the|DT disturbing|JJ acts|NNS of|IN terrorism|NN and|CC transnational|JJ crimes|NNS ,|, which|WDT continue|VBP to|TO threaten|VB world|NN peace|NN and|CC stability|NN ,|, must|MD be|VB tackled|VBN by|IN the|DT international|JJ community|NN ,|, "|'' the|DT ministers|NNS said|VBD in|IN a|DT communique|NN on|IN Tuesday|NNP .|. 

Powell|NNP is|VBZ among|IN the|DT representatives|NNS from|IN 13|CD nations|NNS outside|IN Southeast|NNP Asia|NNP ,|, including|VBG China|NNP ,|, Japan|NNP and|CC Russia|NNP ,|, that|WDT are|VBP taking|VBG part|NN in|IN the|DT annual|JJ meeting|NN of|IN the|DT group|NN 's|POS regional|JJ forum|NN .|. 

Terrorism|NNP dominates|VBZ the|DT agenda|NN ,|, though|IN the|DT possibility|NN of|IN a|DT meeting|NN here|RB between|IN Powell|NNP and|CC his|PRP$ North|NNP Korean|JJ counterpart|NN ,|, Paek|NNP Nam|NNP Sun|NNP ,|, has|VBZ generated|VBN the|DT most|JJS news|NN .|. 
It|PRP would|MD be|VB the|DT highest-level|JJ contact|NN between|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS and|CC North|NNP Korea|NNP since|IN President|NNP Bush|NNP took|VBD office|NN .|. 

Powell|NNP heads|VBZ to|TO Indonesia|NNP 's|POS capital|NN ,|, Jakarta|NNP ,|, late|RB on|IN Thursday|NNP before|IN finishing|VBG a|DT weeklong|JJ trip|NN through|IN the|DT region|NN in|IN the|DT Philippines|NNPS on|IN Saturday|NNP .|. 
He|PRP said|VBD that|IN when|WRB he|PRP arrives|VBZ in|IN Jakarta|NNP ,|, he|PRP will|MD have|VB "|'' some|DT ideas|NNS and|CC some|DT initiatives|NNS "|'' to|TO present|VB to|TO President|NNP Megawati|NNP Sukarnoputri|NNP .|. 

Indonesia|NNP is|VBZ already|RB receiving|VBG $400,000|NN in|IN the|DT current|JJ fiscal|JJ year|NN for|IN civilian|JJ training|NN programs|NNS and|CC is|VBZ to|TO receive|VB a|DT like|JJ amount|NN next|JJ year|NN ;|: and|CC the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS expects|VBZ to|TO provide|VB an|DT additional|JJ $16|NN million|CD this|DT year|NN to|TO train|VB police|NN officers|NNS in|IN counterterrorism|NN .|. 
At|IN the|DT same|JJ time|NN ,|, the|DT Pentagon|NNP is|VBZ reviewing|VBG how|WRB to|TO allocate|VB another|DT $17|NN million|CD in|IN "|'' counterterrorism|NN fellowships|NNS ,|, "|'' some|DT of|IN which|WDT could|MD go|VB to|TO Indonesia|NNP .|. 

But|CC a|DT senior|JJ State|NNP Department|NNP official|NN also|RB acknowledged|VBD that|IN some|DT in|IN the|DT administration|NN and|CC Congress|NNP are|VBP pushing|VBG for|IN more|RBR direct|JJ military|JJ cooperation|NN ,|, which|WDT would|MD require|VB congressional|JJ approval|NN .|. 

"|'' I|PRP think|VBP they|PRP recognize|VBP the|DT danger|NN that|IN we|PRP all|DT face|NN and|CC I|PRP think|VBP they|PRP have|VBP been|VBN cooperating|VBG more|RBR fully|RB with|IN us|PRP as|IN time|NN goes|VBZ by|IN ,|, and|CC I|PRP 'm|VBP quite|RB sure|JJ that|IN Mrs.|NN Megawati|NNP is|VBZ committed|VBN to|TO this|DT cause|NN ,|, "|'' Powell|NNP said|VBD in|IN Singapore|NNP .|. 
He|PRP met|VBD there|RB with|IN Prime|NNP Minister|NNP Goh|NNP Chok|NNP Tong|NNP ,|, who|WP endorsed|VBD the|DT idea|NN of|IN renewed|JJ military|JJ ties|NNS between|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS and|CC Indonesia|NNP as|IN an|DT important|JJ step|NN in|IN stabilizing|VBG that|DT country|NN .|. 

Powell|NNP contended|VBD that|IN it|PRP was|VBD not|RB inconsistent|JJ to|TO want|VB to|TO foster|VB cooperation|NN even|RB with|IN an|DT organization|NN like|IN the|DT Indonesian|JJ military|NN ,|, which|WDT has|VBZ a|DT history|NN of|IN human|JJ rights|NNS abuses|NNS .|. 
"|'' If|IN you|PRP get|VBP young|JJ officers|NNS ,|, expose|VB them|PRP to|TO a|DT military|JJ organization|NN that|WDT is|VBZ within|IN a|DT democratic|JJ political|JJ institution|NN ,|, such|JJ as|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS ,|, then|RB that|WDT rubs|VBZ off|RP on|IN them|PRP ,|, "|'' he|PRP said|VBD .|. 

In|IN Malaysia|NNP ,|, Powell|NNP met|VBD with|IN Prime|NNP Minister|NNP Mahathir|NNP Mohamad|NNP ,|, who|WP has|VBZ led|VBN the|DT country|NN since|IN 1981|CD .|. 
The|DT Malaysian|JJ foreign|JJ minister|NN ,|, Syed|NNP Hamid|NNP Albar|NNP ,|, later|RB told|VBD local|JJ reporters|NNS that|IN Powell|NNP had|VBD proposed|VBN that|IN American|NNP and|CC Malaysian|JJ officials|NNS review|VBP the|DT idea|NN of|IN forming|VBG a|DT regional|JJ training|NN center|NN in|IN Malaysia|NNP to|TO coordinate|VB antiterrorism|NN activities|NNS .|. 

His|PRP$ brief|JJ stop|NN in|IN Malaysia|NNP also|RB highlighted|VBD the|DT moral|JJ ambiguities|NNS of|IN the|DT effort|NN to|TO prevent|VB terrorism|NN and|CC its|PRP$ emphasis|NN on|IN cooperation|NN with|IN governments|NNS that|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS has|VBZ often|RB criticized|VBN .|. 

The|DT United|NNP States|NNPS once|RB distanced|JJ itself|PRP from|IN Mahathir|NNP for|IN strong-arm|JJ tactics|NNS with|IN political|JJ rivals|NNS ,|, and|CC human|JJ rights|NNS groups|NNS criticize|VBP him|PRP for|IN arresting|VBG and|CC jailing|VBG scores|NNS of|IN suspected|VBN militants|NNS ,|, including|VBG some|DT who|WP may|MD be|VB linked|VBN to|TO al-|NN Qaida|NNP ,|, without|IN trial|NN .|. 

Powell|NNP said|VBD his|PRP$ discussions|NNS with|IN Mahathir|NNP "|'' touched|VBD on|IN the|DT case|NN "|'' of|IN his|PRP$ former|JJ deputy|NN ,|, Anwar|NNP Ibrahim|NNP ,|, who|WP is|VBZ serving|VBG a|DT 15|CD -|: year|NN sentence|NN on|IN charges|NNS of|IN sodomy|NN and|CC abuse|NN of|IN power|NN after|IN trials|NNS that|IN Powell|NNP said|VBD the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS had|VBD "|'' always|RB felt|VBD "|'' were|VBD flawed|VBN .|. 

The|DT assistant|NN secretary|NN of|IN state|NN for|IN East|NNP Asian|JJ and|CC Pacific|NNP affairs|NNS ,|, James|NNP Kelly|NNP ,|, met|VBD on|IN Tuesday|NNP morning|NN with|IN Anwar|NNP 's|POS wife|NN ,|, Wan|NNP Azizah|NNP Wan|NNP Ismail|NNP ,|, for|IN what|WP she|PRP later|RB told|VBD Malaysian|JJ reporters|NNS was|VBD a|DT discussion|NN about|IN both|DT the|DT detention|NN of|IN her|PRP$ husband|NN and|CC six|CD supporters|NNS ,|, and|CC the|DT campaign|NN against|IN terrorism|NN .|. 

MICROSOFT|NNP TEAMS|NNP WITH|IN AT&T|NNP TO|TO OFFER|NNP SOFTWARE|NNP FOR|IN WIRELESS|NNP DEVICES|NNP AND|CC SERVICES|NNP Microsoft|NNP plans|VBZ to|TO announce|VB on|IN Wednesday|NNP a|DT partnership|NN with|IN AT&T|NNP Wireless|NNP Services|NNPS to|TO offer|VB software|NN for|IN wireless|JJ devices|NNS and|CC services|NNS ,|, a|DT person|NN close|RB to|TO the|DT talks|NNS said|VBD Tuesday|NNP night|NN .|. 

The|DT deal|NN would|MD be|VB part|NN of|IN Microsoft|NNP 's|POS drive|NN to|TO sign|VB up|RP wireless|JJ carriers|NNS to|TO use|VB its|PRP$ so-called|JJ smart|JJ phone|NN software|NN --|: a|DT pared-down|JJ version|NN of|IN the|DT Windows|NNP operating|VBG system|NN --|: and|CC services|NNS that|IN Microsoft|NNP is|VBZ developing|VBG as|IN part|NN of|IN its|PRP$ .|. Net|JJ Internet|NN strategy|NN .|. 

Neither|DT Microsoft|NNP nor|CC AT&T|NNP Wireless|NNP would|MD comment|VB .|. 

The|DT main|JJ market|NN for|IN the|DT Microsoft-|NNP AT&T|NNP partnership|NN is|VBZ expected|VBN to|TO be|VB business|NN customers|NNS .|. 
Microsoft|NNP 's|POS efforts|NNS to|TO persuade|VB wireless|JJ carriers|NNS to|TO use|VB its|PRP$ cell|NN phone|NN operating|VBG system|NN have|VBP struggled|VBN .|. 
It|PRP has|VBZ run|VBN into|IN particular|JJ opposition|NN from|IN companies|NNS aligned|VBN with|IN Nokia|NNP ,|, which|WDT has|VBZ developed|VBN a|DT competing|JJ software|NN .|. 

But|CC Microsoft|NNP 's|POS potential|JJ advantage|NN ,|, analysts|NNS say|VBP ,|, is|VBZ its|PRP$ ability|NN to|TO link|VB its|PRP$ cell|NN phone|NN software|NN to|TO its|PRP$ desktop|NN PC|JJ software|NN ,|, a|DT Microsoft|NNP stronghold|NN .|. 
Customers|NNS who|WP want|VBP access|NN to|TO Microsoft|NNP desktop|NN e-mail|JJ ,|, documents|NNS and|CC calendar|NN information|NN may|MD prefer|VB Microsoft|NNP 's|POS wireless|JJ technology|NN .|. 

In|IN recent|JJ months|NNS ,|, Microsoft|NNP has|VBZ announced|VBN partnerships|NNS with|IN wireless|JJ carriers|NNS like|IN Verizon|NNP and|CC Sprint|NNP PCS|NNP .|. 

MONTREAL|NNP TRADES|NNP FLOYD|NNP TO|TO RED|NNP SOX|NNP FOR|IN TWO|JJ PITCHERS|NNP Less|JJR than|IN three|CD weeks|NNS after|IN outfielder|NN Cliff|NNP Floyd|NNP was|VBD imported|VBN to|TO Montreal|NNP to|TO play|VB a|DT pivotal|JJ part|NN in|IN the|DT Expos|NNP '|POS playoff|NN plans|NNS ,|, he|PRP was|VBD traded|VBN to|TO Boston|NNP Tuesday|NNP night|NN to|TO try|VB his|PRP$ hand|NN in|IN what|WP the|DT Red|NNP Sox|NNP hope|VBP will|MD be|VB their|PRP$ postseason|NN plans|NNS .|. 

Floyd|NNP did|VBD not|RB produce|VB the|DT kind|NN of|IN offense|NN the|DT Expos|NNP expected|VBD from|IN him|PRP ,|, so|RB Omar|NNP Minaya|NNP ,|, the|DT Expos|NNP '|POS aggressive|JJ rookie|NN general|JJ manager|NN ,|, turned|VBD around|IN and|CC sent|VBD him|PRP to|TO the|DT Red|NNP Sox|NNP in|IN exchange|NN two|CD South|NNP Korean|JJ pitchers|NNS and|CC a|DT player|NN yet|RB to|TO be|VB named|VBN .|. 

The|DT teams|NNS made|VBD the|DT deal|NN less|JJR than|IN 24|CD hours|NNS before|IN Tuesday|NNP 's|POS 4|CD p.m.|NN 
deadline|NN for|IN making|VBG trades|NNS without|IN first|JJ getting|VBG waivers|NNS on|IN players|NNS .|. 
Minaya|NNP obtained|VBD Floyd|NNP from|IN the|DT Florida|NNP Marlins|NNP on|IN July|NNP 11|CD ,|, only|RB two|CD weeks|NNS after|IN he|PRP stunned|VBD baseball|NN by|IN acquiring|VBG Bartolo|NNP Colon|NNP from|IN Cleveland|NNP .|. 

Colon|NN has|VBZ won|VBN four|CD of|IN five|CD decisions|NNS for|IN the|DT Expos|NNP ,|, but|CC Floyd|NNP batted|VBD only|RB .208|CD for|IN them|PRP while|IN hitting|VBG three|CD home|NN runs|VBZ ,|, including|VBG one|CD Tuesday|NNP night|NN ,|, and|CC driving|VBG in|IN four|CD runs|NNS .|. 
With|IN the|DT Marlins|NNP Floyd|NNP bated|JJ .287|CD ,|, hit|VBD 18|CD home|NN runs|VBZ and|CC drove|VBD in|IN 57|CD runs|NNS .|. 

The|DT Expos|NNP ,|, who|WP had|VBD a|DT 46|CD -|: 41|CD record|NN when|WRB they|PRP made|VBD their|PRP$ first|JJ Floyd|NNP deal|NN ,|, had|VBD only|RB a|DT 7|CD -|: 12|CD record|NN with|IN him|PRP on|IN the|DT team|NN ,|, dropping|VBG from|IN 9|CD 1/2|CD games|NNS behind|IN Atlanta|NNP in|IN the|DT National|NNP League|NNP East|NNP to|TO as|RB many|JJ as|IN 16|CD games|NNS back|RB .|. 

Floyd|NNP can|MD be|VB a|DT free|JJ agent|NN after|IN this|DT season|NN ,|, and|CC Minaya|NNP decided|VBD it|PRP would|MD be|VB more|RBR prudent|JJ to|TO trade|VB him|PRP and|CC get|VB value|NN in|IN return|NN than|IN have|VBP to|TO settle|VB for|IN a|DT draft|NN choice|NN or|CC two|CD as|IN compensation|NN when|WRB he|PRP signed|VBN with|IN another|DT team|NN as|IN a|DT free|JJ agent|NN .|. 

The|DT Expos|NNP acquired|VBD Sun|NNP Woo-kim|NNP and|CC Seung|NNP Jun-song|NNP .|. 
Kim|NNP ,|, 24|CD ,|, is|VBZ a|DT right-handed|JJ pitcher|NN from|IN Seoul|NNP .|. 
The|DT Red|NNP Sox|NNP signed|VBD him|PRP in|IN 1997|CD .|. 
Song|NN is|VBZ a|DT 22|CD -|: year-old|JJ right-hander|NN from|IN Pusan|NNP .|. 
The|DT Red|NNP Sox|NNP signed|VBD him|PRP in|IN 1999|CD .|. 

The|DT Red|NNP Sox|NNP wanted|VBD to|TO bolster|VB their|PRP$ offense|NN .|. 
They|PRP led|VBD the|DT Yankees|NNPS for|IN most|JJS of|IN the|DT first|JJ three|CD months|NNS of|IN the|DT season|NN but|CC then|RB slipped|VBD behind|IN them|PRP in|IN the|DT American|NNP League|NNP East|NNP .|. 

Earlier|RBR in|IN the|DT day|NN Tuesday|NNP ,|, one|CD member|NN of|IN the|DT Red|NNP Sox|NNP organization|NN was|VBD not|RB sure|JJ they|PRP would|MD be|VB able|JJ to|TO get|VB Floyd|NNP .|. 
"|'' I|PRP do|VBP n't|RB know|VB that|IN he|PRP 's|VBZ that|IN serious|JJ about|IN moving|VBG him|PRP ,|, "|'' the|DT person|NN said|VBD of|IN Minaya|NNP .|. 

But|CC as|IN the|DT day|NN wore|VBD on|IN ,|, the|DT Red|NNP Sox|NNP tried|VBD harder|RBR and|CC by|IN Tuesday|NNP night|NN were|VBD able|JJ to|TO get|VB the|DT player|NN they|PRP wanted|VBD for|IN their|PRP$ lineup|NN .|. 

EX-HOG|NNP OFFERS|NNP JUMP-START|NNP AND|CC HELPS|NNP CHANGE|NNP LIVES|NNP WASHINGTON|NNP With|IN the|DT barrage|NN of|IN crack|NN cocaine-connected|JJ killings|NNS in|IN the|DT 1980s|NN came|VBD the|DT realization|NN that|IN young|JJ people|NNS were|VBD too|RB often|RB full-fledged|JJ players|NNS in|IN the|DT violence|NN .|. 

That|DT was|VBD more|RBR evident|JJ here|RB than|IN in|IN any|DT other|JJ city|NN ,|, said|VBD George|NNP Starke|NNP ,|, who|WP after|IN his|PRP$ career|NN as|IN an|DT offensive|JJ tackle|VB with|IN the|DT Washington|NNP Redskins|NNP from|IN 1973|CD to|TO 1984|CD stuck|VBN around|IN and|CC decided|VBD to|TO make|VB this|DT place|NN more|JJR than|IN his|PRP$ home|NN .|. 

"|'' There|EX was|VBD death|NN in|IN D.C.|NN throughout|IN the|NNP '|POS 80|CD s|VBZ and|CC into|IN the|NNP '|POS 90|CD s|VBZ ,|, and|CC there|EX was|VBD death|NN everywhere|RB ,|, "|'' said|VBD Starke|NNP ,|, who|WP was|VBD reared|VBN in|IN New|NNP Rochelle|NNP N.Y.|NN ,|, and|CC played|VBD at|IN Columbia|NNP .|. 
"|'' It|PRP was|VBD n't|RB like|VB New|NNP York|NNP 's|POS or|CC Boston|NNP 's|POS organized|VBN crime|NN .|. 
It|PRP was|VBD kids|NNS shooting|VBG kids|NNS .|. 
It|PRP was|VBD a|DT 14|CD -|: year-old|JJ from|IN R|NNP Street|NNP who|WP got|VBD his|PRP$ crew|NN of|IN six|CD together|RB and|CC ran|VBD their|PRP$ drug|NN block|NN killing|VBG another|DT 14|CD -|: year-old|JJ and|CC his|PRP$ crew|NN from|IN a|DT block|NN away|RB .|. 
And|CC from|IN the|DT beginning|NN I|PRP could|MD see|VB that|IN it|PRP was|VBD all|DT about|IN jobs|NNS .|. 
I|PRP could|MD see|VB that|IN you|PRP needed|VBD the|DT private|JJ sector|NN involved|VBN .|. "|'' 

Starke|NNP could|MD see|VB that|IN in|IN many|JJ instances|NNS these|DT were|JJ cases|NNS of|IN lost|JJ dignity|NN .|. 
"|'' I|PRP had|VBD a|DT young|JJ man|NN come|VB up|IN to|TO me|PRP three|CD years|NNS ago|RB and|CC say|VB ,|, '|'' Mr.|NN Starke|NNP ,|, I|PRP 'm|VBP tired|JJ of|IN going|VBG to|TO bed|NN at|IN night|NN with|IN a|DT Tech-|NNP 9|CD gun|NN under|IN my|PRP$ pillow|NN .|. "|'' '|POS 

And|CC Starke|NNP was|VBD tired|JJ of|IN seeing|VBG Washington|NNP and|CC its|PRP$ young|JJ people|NNS suffer|VBP a|DT black|JJ eye|NN .|. 

So|RB ,|, after|IN six|CD years|NNS of|IN planning|NN ,|, he|PRP opened|VBD the|DT Excel|NNP Institute|NNP Automotive|NNP Program|NNP ,|, a|DT two-year|JJ school|NN that|WDT gives|VBZ people|NNS a|DT chance|NN at|IN a|DT new|JJ life|NN as|IN an|DT auto|NN technician|NN or|CC in|IN another|DT job|NN related|VBN to|TO the|DT field|NN .|. 
The|DT school|NN ,|, now|RB in|IN its|PRP$ third|JJ year|NN ,|, has|VBZ been|VBN so|RB successful|JJ that|IN it|PRP recently|RB received|VBD a|DT $2|NN million|CD grant|VB from|IN Congress|NNP .|. 
The|DT program|NN is|VBZ being|VBG copied|VBN by|IN other|JJ cities|NNS and|CC has|VBZ attracted|VBN students|NNS from|IN all|DT walks|NNS of|IN life|NN ,|, ages|NNS 16|CD to|TO 68|CD .|. 

The|DT program|NN is|VBZ coordinated|VBN with|IN the|DT University|NNP of|IN the|DT District|NNP of|IN Columbia|NNP .|. 
Students|NNS learn|VBP automotive|JJ intricacies|NNS and|CC can|MD earn|VB a|DT a|DT high|JJ school|NN equivalency|NN diploma|NN .|. 
Thanks|NNS to|TO Starke|NNP 's|POS vision|NN ,|, leadership|NN and|CC fund-raising|JJ ,|, they|PRP can|MD do|VB it|PRP all|DT free|JJ .|. 

Starke|NNP ,|, 54|CD ,|, played|VBD in|IN two|CD Super|NNP Bowls|NNP and|CC won|VBD one|CD .|. 
He|PRP played|VBD for|IN George|NNP Allen|NNP ,|, Jack|NNP Pardee|NNP and|CC Joe|NNP Gibbs|NNP .|. 
In|IN 1973|CD ,|, he|PRP was|VBD young|JJ enough|RB to|TO be|VB a|DT part|NN of|IN the|DT Redskins|NNP '|POS Over|IN the|DT Hill|NNP Gang|NN ,|, and|CC in|IN 1981|CD he|PRP was|VBD old|JJ enough|RB to|TO be|VB one|CD of|IN the|DT team|NN 's|POS original|JJ Hogs|NNS .|. 
He|PRP was|VBD recently|RB named|VBN one|CD of|IN the|DT 70|CD greatest|JJS Redskins|NNP .|. 
He|PRP earned|VBD a|DT physics|NN degree|NN from|IN Columbia|NNP ,|, became|VBD a|DT Redskin|NNP ,|, studied|VBN drama|NN ,|, worked|VBD in|IN sports|NNS broadcasting|NN ,|, opened|VBD a|DT Washington|NNP restaurant|NN and|CC built|VBD his|PRP$ own|JJ home|NN here|RB when|WRB he|PRP thought|VBD he|PRP might|MD become|VB a|DT developer|NN ,|, "|'' just|RB so|IN I|PRP could|MD know|VB how|WRB the|DT business|NN worked|VBD from|IN the|DT ground|NN up|RB ,|, "|'' he|PRP said|VBD .|. 
In|IN 1988|CD he|PRP bought|VBD a|DT Ford|NNP dealership|NN .|. 
In|IN 1992|CD he|PRP sold|VBD it|PRP to|TO begin|VB work|NN on|IN the|DT Excel|NNP Institute|NNP ,|, putting|VBG up|RP $300,000|NN to|TO get|VB things|NNS started|VBD .|. 

"|'' I|PRP saw|VBD a|DT lot|NN of|IN kids|NNS and|CC young|JJ men|NNS out|IN there|RB with|IN no|DT dads|NNS and|CC no|DT structure|NN who|WP could|MD n't|RB read|VB and|CC some|DT of|IN them|PRP were|VBD beginning|VBG to|TO realize|VB that|IN there|EX is|VBZ no|DT growing|VBG old|JJ as|IN a|DT crack|NN dealer|NN --|: you|PRP either|CC die|VB or|CC go|VB to|TO jail|NN ,|, "|'' he|PRP said|VBD .|. 
"|'' My|PRP$ experience|NN in|IN the|DT automotive|JJ industry|NN was|VBD there|EX was|VBD a|DT dire|JJ shortage|NN of|IN auto|NN technicians|NNS not|RB only|RB in|IN America|NNP but|CC internationally|RB .|. "|'' 

So|RB ,|, Starke|NNP matched|VBD a|DT problem|NN with|IN a|DT problem|NN and|CC found|VBD a|DT solution|NN .|. 

The|DT institute|NN has|VBZ a|DT full-time|JJ staff|NN of|IN 18|CD .|. 
Twelve|CD of|IN those|DT are|VBP teachers|NNS .|. 
Seventy|CD students|NNS are|VBP participating|VBG in|IN summer|NN classes|NNS .|. 
Forty|CD new|JJ students|NNS are|VBP expected|VBN for|IN fall|NN classes|NNS and|CC there|EX is|VBZ a|DT waiting|JJ list|NN of|IN at|IN least|JJS that|IN many|JJ ,|, Starke|NNP said|VBD .|. 

Angela|NNP Nafis|NNP ,|, 47|CD ,|, of|IN Ecuador|NNP ,|, has|VBZ been|VBN in|IN the|DT school|NN for|IN a|DT year|NN .|. 
She|PRP learned|VBD to|TO speak|VB English|NNP ,|, got|VBD a|DT driver|NN 's|POS license|NN and|CC earned|VBD her|PRP$ GED|NNP .|. 

Charles|NNP Easterling|NNP ,|, 24|CD ,|, said|VBD he|PRP had|VBD been|VBN enrolled|VBN for|IN a|DT month|NN but|CC lived|VBD "|'' wherever|WRB .|. "|'' 

"|'' I|PRP 'm|VBP homeless|JJ now|RB trying|VBG to|TO find|VB a|DT place|NN to|TO lay|VB my|PRP$ head|NN ,|, "|'' he|PRP said|VBD .|. 

Starke|NNP said|VBD the|DT school|NN was|VBD helping|VBG Easterling|NNP find|VB housing|NN .|. 
Easterling|NNP said|VBD he|PRP would|MD do|VB whatever|WDT it|PRP took|VBD to|TO become|VB stable|JJ .|. 

John|NNP Orellana|NNP ,|, 22|CD ,|, just|RB got|VBD a|DT technician|NN 's|POS job|NN at|IN a|DT Jiffy|NNP Lube|NNP last|JJ week|NN .|. 
Not|RB bad|JJ for|IN a|DT guy|NN who|WP was|VBD kicked|VBN out|IN of|IN high|JJ school|NN in|IN 1997|CD for|IN threatening|VBG a|DT teacher|NN .|. 

"|'' I|PRP did|VBD a|DT lot|NN of|IN walking|VBG ,|, got|VBD an|DT interview|NN and|CC got|VBD a|DT job|NN and|CC an|DT opportunity|NN of|IN a|DT lifetime|NN ,|, "|'' Orellana|NNP said|VBD .|. 
"|'' It|PRP shows|VBZ if|IN you|PRP have|VBP the|DT will|MD and|CC the|DT dedication|NN here|RB you|PRP can|MD learn|VB a|DT lot|NN and|CC be|VB something|NN .|. 
It|PRP taught|VBD me|PRP maturity|NN .|. 
This|DT school|NN is|VBZ like|IN a|DT big|JJ family|NN .|. "|'' 

Edward|NNP Jewell|NNP ,|, 56|CD ,|, retired|VBD from|IN his|PRP$ job|NN as|IN a|DT copyright|NN assistant|NN at|IN the|DT Library|NNP of|IN Congress|NNP in|IN 1993|CD .|. 
"|'' I|PRP 've|VBP been|VBN flapping|VBG my|PRP$ wings|NNS since|IN until|IN I|PRP found|VBD this|DT school|NN ,|, "|'' he|PRP said|VBD .|. 
"|'' I|PRP needed|VBD a|DT new|JJ skill|NN .|. 
This|DT has|VBZ been|VBN invaluable|JJ ,|, enriching|VBG .|. 
I|PRP get|VBP up|RB and|CC come|VB down|RB here|RB at|IN 6|CD a.m.|NN 
every|DT day|NN full|JJ of|IN joy|NN and|CC energized|VBN .|. 
I|PRP 'm|VBP grateful|JJ to|TO George|NNP Starke|NNP to|TO have|VB had|VBN the|DT vision|NN to|TO set|VB something|NN like|IN this|DT up|RB ,|, not|RB just|RB for|IN me|PRP but|CC for|IN all|PDT the|DT students|NNS .|. 
George|NNP is|VBZ doing|VBG what|WP he|PRP 's|VBZ supposed|VBN to|TO be|VB doing|VBG because|IN God|NNP is|VBZ blessing|NN him|PRP and|CC he|PRP 's|VBZ sure|JJ blessing|NN me|PRP .|. 
And|CC when|WRB I|PRP become|VBP a|DT technician|NN ,|, I|PRP will|MD help|VB the|DT poor|JJ and|CC needy|JJ by|IN giving|VBG them|PRP affordable|JJ rates|NNS .|. "|'' 

Starke|NNP said|VBD the|DT school|NN would|MD move|VB to|TO a|DT building|NN near|IN the|DT city|NN 's|POS bus|NN depot|NN in|IN the|DT fall|NN .|. 
The|DT city|NN has|VBZ talked|VBN with|IN Starke|NNP about|IN using|VBG his|PRP$ students|NNS for|IN some|DT vehicle|NN repairs|NNS .|. 
He|PRP is|VBZ proud|JJ of|IN the|DT red|JJ Cobra|NNP 427|CD that|WDT sits|VBZ in|IN the|DT school|NN 's|POS workshop|NN .|. 
It|PRP was|VBD rebuilt|VBN from|IN shell|NN to|TO finish|VB by|IN his|PRP$ first|JJ class|NN and|CC was|VBD included|VBN in|IN the|DT district|NN 's|POS millennium|NN celebrations|NNS .|. 

His|PRP$ current|JJ class|NN is|VBZ rebuilding|VBG a|DT black|JJ one|CD .|. 
This|DT one|PRP will|MD be|VB auctioned|VBN for|IN the|DT school|NN .|. 

"|'' I|PRP just|RB wanted|VBD to|TO be|VB a|DT part|NN ,|, "|'' said|VBD Starke|NNP ,|, who|WP is|VBZ certain|JJ he|PRP is|VBZ the|DT lone|JJ Redskin|NNP ,|, past|JJ or|CC present|JJ ,|, who|WP lives|VBZ in|IN the|DT city|NN .|. 
He|PRP has|VBZ lived|VBN here|RB for|IN 20|CD years|NNS .|. 
"|'' A|DT lot|NN of|IN kids|NNS are|VBP afraid|JJ of|IN '|POS the|DT process|NN '|'' and|CC I|PRP wanted|VBD to|TO take|VB '|POS the|DT process|NN '|'' out|RP .|. 
For|IN this|DT school|NN ,|, once|RB they|PRP are|VBP in|IN ,|, all|DT they|PRP have|VBP to|TO do|VB is|VBZ come|VB every|DT day|NN ,|, come|VB on|IN time|NN every|DT day|NN and|CC work|VB hard|JJ .|. 
A|DT little|JJ more|JJR than|IN 50|CD percent|NN of|IN our|PRP$ kids|NNS make|VBP it|PRP through|IN .|. 
I|PRP want|VBP it|PRP to|TO be|VB more|JJR ,|, but|CC my|PRP$ job|NN is|VBZ not|RB to|TO see|VB that|DT everybody|NN makes|VBZ it|PRP ;|: my|PRP$ job|NN is|VBZ to|TO see|VB that|DT everybody|NN has|VBZ the|DT opportunity|NN to|TO make|VB it|PRP .|. "|'' 

RARE|NNP COIN|NNP FETCHES|NNP RECORD|NNP $7.59|NN MILLION|NNP AT|IN AUCTION|NNP NEW|NNP YORK|NNP The|DT 1933|CD double|JJ eagle|NN ,|, a|DT $20|NN gold|NN piece|NN with|IN a|DT mysterious|JJ history|NN that|WDT involves|VBZ a|DT president|NN ,|, a|DT king|NN and|CC a|DT Secret|NNP Service|NNP sting|NN operation|NN ,|, was|VBD auctioned|VBN Tuesday|NNP last|JJ night|NN for|IN a|DT record|NN price|NN for|IN a|DT coin|NN ,|, $7.59|NN million|CD ,|, nearly|RB double|VB the|DT previous|JJ record|NN .|. 

The|DT anonymous|JJ buyer|NN ,|, believed|VBN to|TO be|VB an|DT individual|JJ collector|NN who|WP lives|VBZ in|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS ,|, made|VBD the|DT winning|JJ bid|NN in|IN a|DT fiercely|RB contested|VBN nine-minute|JJ auction|NN at|IN Sotheby|NNP 's|POS in|IN Manhattan|NNP .|. 
Eight|CD bidders|NNS were|VBD joined|VBN by|IN 500|CD coin|NN collectors|NNS and|CC dealers|NNS in|IN an|DT auction|NN house|NN audience|NN seemingly|RB devoid|JJ of|IN celebrity|NN bidders|NNS ,|, while|IN an|DT additional|JJ 534|CD observers|NNS followed|VBD the|DT bidding|NN on|IN eBay|NN .|. 

As|IN auction|NN houses|NNS prepare|VBP for|IN their|PRP$ fall|NN seasons|NNS in|IN an|DT uncertain|JJ economy|NN ,|, the|DT sale|NN price|NN "|'' suggests|VBZ that|IN the|DT marketplace|NN for|IN important|JJ items|NNS is|VBZ enormously|RB strong|JJ ,|, "|'' said|VBD David|NNP Redden|NNP ,|, a|DT vice|NN chairman|NN at|IN Sotheby|NNP 's|POS ,|, who|WP was|VBD the|DT auctioneer|NN .|. 

"|'' This|DT is|VBZ an|DT astonishing|JJ new|JJ record|NN for|IN a|DT coin|NN ,|, "|'' he|PRP said|VBD .|. 

In|IN an|DT unprecedented|JJ move|NN ,|, the|DT auction|NN proceeds|NNS were|VBD split|VBN by|IN the|DT U.S.|NNP Mint|NNP and|CC a|DT London|NNP coin|NN dealer|NN ,|, Stephen|NNP Fenton|NNP ,|, who|WP had|VBD won|VBN that|DT right|NN in|IN court|NN after|IN having|VBG been|VBN arrested|VBN by|IN Secret|NNP Service|NNP agents|NNS for|IN trying|VBG to|TO sell|VB the|DT coin|NN in|IN the|DT Waldorf-|NNP Astoria|NNP Hotel|NNP in|IN Manhattan|NNP in|IN 1996|CD .|. 

Henrietta|NNP Holsman|NNP Fore|NNP ,|, the|DT director|NN of|IN the|DT U.S.|NNP Mint|NNP ,|, who|WP witnessed|VBN the|DT sale|NN ,|, said|VBD ,|, "|'' The|DT monies|NNS we|PRP receive|VBP will|MD go|VB toward|IN helping|VBG to|TO pay|VB down|RP the|DT debt|NN and|CC to|TO fight|VB the|DT war|NN on|IN terrorism|NN .|. "|'' 

Fenton|NNP commented|VBD that|IN the|DT double|JJ eagle|NN had|VBD been|VBN on|IN "|'' a|DT long|JJ historic|JJ journey|NN ,|, with|IN a|DT very|RB satisfying|VBG ending|VBG .|. "|'' 

He|PRP added|VBD ,|, "|'' I|PRP am|VBP thrilled|VBN with|IN the|DT price|NN .|. "|'' 
The|DT previous|JJ numismatic|JJ record|NN holder|NN was|VBD an|DT 1804|CD U.S.|NNP silver|NN dollar|NN ,|, which|WDT sold|VBD for|IN $4.14|NN million|CD in|IN 1999|CD .|. 

Sotheby|NNP 's|POS partner|NN in|IN the|DT one-lot|JJ auction|NN was|VBD Stack|NNP 's|POS Rare|JJ Coins|NNP ,|, with|IN which|WDT it|PRP shared|VBD the|DT customary|JJ 15|CD percent|NN commission|NN .|. 
"|'' I|PRP have|VBP never|RB seen|VBN as|IN much|JJ interest|NN in|IN the|DT sale|NN of|IN any|DT coin|NN in|IN my|PRP$ 30|CD years|NNS in|IN the|DT business|NN ,|, "|'' said|VBD Lawrence|NNP R.|NN Stack|NNP ,|, the|DT company|NN 's|POS managing|VBG director|NN .|. 

"|'' This|DT is|VBZ the|DT Mona|NNP Lisa|NNP of|IN coins|NNS ,|, "|'' said|VBD Beth|NNP Deisher|NNP ,|, editor|NN of|IN Coin|NNP World|NNP ,|, the|DT largest|JJS weekly|JJ coin|NN publication|NN in|IN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS ,|, with|IN a|DT circulation|NN of|IN 85,000|CD .|. 
"|'' It|PRP is|VBZ unique|JJ .|. 
Forbidden|NNP fruit|NN .|. "|'' 

Collectors|NNS '|POS Web|NNP sites|NNS have|VBP surged|VBN with|IN speculation|NN about|IN the|DT sale|NN price|NN ,|, and|CC enthusiasts|NNS even|RB organized|VBN betting|VBG pools|NNS .|. 

On|IN Tuesday|NNP night|NN ,|, Redden|NNP took|VBD the|DT podium|NN for|IN nine|CD minutes|NNS before|IN the|DT gavel|NN came|VBD down|RB ,|, recognizing|VBG bidders|NNS in|IN the|DT audience|NN and|CC on|IN the|DT telephone|NN .|. 
The|DT tension|NN in|IN the|DT crowd|NN was|VBD broken|VBN with|IN a|DT burst|NN of|IN applause|NN after|IN the|DT $5|NN million|CD mark|NN ,|, and|CC a|DT louder|JJR explosion|NN at|IN $6|NN million|CD .|. 

The|DT rumor|NN in|IN the|DT crowd|NN had|VBD been|VBN that|IN "|'' anything|NN under|IN $6|NN million|CD would|MD be|VB a|DT bargain|NN ,|, "|'' said|VBD Ute|NNP Wartenberg|NNP ,|, executive|JJ director|NN of|IN the|DT American|NNP Numismatic|NNP Society|NNP in|IN Manhattan|NNP .|. 
Most|JJS bidders|NNS dropped|VBD out|IN after|IN that|DT price|NN .|. 
The|DT gavel|NN sounded|VBD at|IN $6.6|NN million|CD after|IN a|DT Sotheby|NNP 's|POS senior|JJ vice|NN president|NN ,|, Selby|NNP Kiffer|NNP ,|, made|VBD the|DT final|JJ bid|NN for|IN the|DT anonymous|JJ buyer|NN on|IN the|DT telephone|NN .|. 
The|DT sale|NN price|NN of|IN $6.6|NN million|CD ,|, when|WRB added|VBD to|TO the|DT commission|NN ,|, totaled|VBD $7.59|NN million|CD .|. 

The|DT auction|NN attendance|NN was|VBD swelled|VBN by|IN coin|NN collectors|NNS who|WP had|VBD gathered|VBN on|IN the|DT eve|NN of|IN the|DT American|NNP Numismatic|NNP Association|NNP Convention|NNP ,|, the|DT largest|JJS coin|NN show|NN of|IN the|DT year|NN ,|, expected|VBN to|TO draw|VB more|JJR than|IN 10,000|CD people|NNS to|TO the|DT Marriott|NNP Marquis|NNP Hotel|NNP Wednesday|NNP .|. 
"|'' So|IN the|DT auction|NN was|VBD almost|RB like|IN the|DT ribbon-cutting|JJ ceremony|NN for|IN the|DT convention|NN ,|, "|'' Stack|NNP said|VBD .|. 

Fore|NNP of|IN the|DT mint|NN said|VBD the|DT high|JJ price|NN for|IN the|DT coin|NN was|VBD reached|VBN "|'' because|IN it|PRP is|VBZ one|CD of|IN a|DT kind|NN ,|, it|PRP is|VBZ beautiful|JJ and|CC it|PRP has|VBZ a|DT great|JJ story|NN .|. "|'' 

The|DT coin|NN was|VBD the|DT only|RB 1933|CD double|JJ eagle|NN that|WDT has|VBZ ever|RB been|VBN legally|RB offered|VBN for|IN sale|NN ,|, and|CC its|PRP$ Maltese|JJ Falconesque|NNP history|NN only|RB recently|RB came|VBD to|TO light|VB ,|, thanks|NNS to|TO documents|NNS unearthed|VBD during|IN the|DT five-year|JJ legal|JJ battle|NN over|IN its|PRP$ ownership|NN .|. 

In|IN 1792|CD ,|, it|PRP was|VBD deemed|VBN that|IN all|DT gold|NN and|CC silver|NN U.S.|NNP coins|NNS would|MD bear|VB the|DT depiction|NN of|IN an|DT eagle|NN ,|, but|CC gold|JJ pieces|NNS were|VBD issued|VBN only|RB after|IN a|DT gold|NN rush|NN boom|NN in|IN 1850|CD .|. 
They|PRP were|VBD called|VBN double|JJ eagles|NNS because|IN their|PRP$ face|NN value|NN was|VBD twice|RB that|IN of|IN the|DT original|JJ $10|NN gold|NN piece|NN .|. 

Following|VBG the|DT suggestion|NN of|IN President|NNP Theodore|NNP Roosevelt|NNP ,|, the|DT sculptor|NN Augustus|NNP Saint-|NNP Gaudens|NNP redesigned|VBD the|DT coin|NN in|IN 1907|CD in|IN high|JJ relief|NN ,|, forever|RB after|IN giving|VBG the|DT coins|NNS the|DT designation|NN "|'' saints|NNS .|. "|'' 

But|CC in|IN 1933|CD ,|, President|NNP Franklin|NNP D.|NN Roosevelt|NNP took|VBD the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS off|IN the|DT gold|NN standard|JJ ,|, and|CC ordered|VBD all|PDT the|DT 1933|CD saints|NNS already|RB manufactured|VBN destroyed|VBN ,|, save|VB for|IN two|CD reserved|VBN for|IN the|DT Smithsonian|NNP Institution|NNP .|. 
They|PRP were|VBD never|RB declared|VBN legal|JJ currency|NN .|. 

Presumably|RB after|IN being|VBG stolen|VBN by|IN a|DT mint|NN employee|NN ,|, nine|CD double|JJ eagles|NNS surfaced|VBD during|IN the|DT mid-|NN 1940s|NN and|CC 1950s|NN .|. 
They|PRP were|VBD seized|VBN by|IN the|DT Secret|NNP Service|NNP and|CC melted|JJ down|RB .|. 
But|CC before|IN these|DT coins|NNS came|VBD to|TO light|VB ,|, the|DT royal|JJ legation|NN of|IN Egypt|NNP turned|VBD up|RB with|IN one|CD at|IN the|DT Department|NNP of|IN the|DT Treasury|NNP ,|, and|CC somehow|RB got|VBD an|DT official|NN to|TO issue|VB an|DT export|NN license|NN for|IN the|DT coin|NN to|TO enhance|VB the|DT collection|NN of|IN King|NNP Farouk|NNP .|. 
By|IN the|DT time|NN that|DT blunder|NN was|VBD discovered|VBN ,|, the|DT coin|NN had|VBD left|VBN the|DT United|NNP States|NNPS .|. 

In|IN 1954|CD ,|, after|IN the|DT king|NN was|VBD deposed|VBN ,|, his|PRP$ coins|NNS were|VBD sold|VBN at|IN auction|NN and|CC the|DT double|JJ eagle|NN vanished|VBN .|. 
It|PRP went|VBD underground|JJ until|IN it|PRP came|VBD to|TO Fenton|NNP in|IN 1995|CD .|. 
His|PRP$ arrest|NN in|IN Manhattan|NNP ,|, after|IN attempting|VBG to|TO sell|VB the|DT coin|NN for|IN $1.5|NN million|CD ,|, led|VBN to|TO a|DT court|NN battle|NN over|IN whether|IN --|: thanks|NNS to|TO the|DT Treasury|NNP 's|POS mistaken|VBN export|NN permission|NN in|IN 1944|CD --|: the|DT coin|NN could|MD be|VB legally|RB owned|VBN .|. 

The|DT double|JJ eagle|NN came|VBD close|RB to|TO being|VBG melted|JJ down|RB many|JJ times|NNS .|. 
The|DT coin|NN once|RB again|RB escaped|VBD destruction|NN when|WRB it|PRP was|VBD moved|VBN from|IN the|DT Treasury|NNP Department|NNP vault|NN in|IN 7|CD World|NNP Trade|NNP Center|NNP eight|CD months|NNS before|IN the|DT building|NN collapsed|VBD after|IN the|DT Sept|NNP .|. 11|CD terrorist|JJ attack|NN .|. 

The|DT record|NN price|NN was|VBD seen|VBN as|IN a|DT gift|NN by|IN coin|NN collectors|NNS .|. 
"|'' Many|JJ people|NNS believe|VBP that|IN our|PRP$ great|JJ coin|NN rarities|NNS are|VBP vastly|RB undervalued|VBN in|IN comparison|NN to|TO old|JJ master|NN paintings|NNS ,|, "|'' Deisher|NNP said|VBD .|. 

In|IN a|DT ceremony|NN after|IN the|DT sale|NN ,|, Fore|NNP of|IN the|DT mint|NN declared|VBD the|DT coin|NN the|DT only|RB 1933|CD double|JJ eagle|NN ever|RB to|TO be|VB legally|RB issued|VBN by|IN the|DT U.S.|NNP government|NN .|. 
This|DT "|'' monetized|JJ "|'' the|DT coin|NN ,|, making|VBG it|PRP legal|JJ tender|NN .|. 
The|DT buyer|NN will|MD receive|VB a|DT certificate|NN of|IN transfer|NN stating|VBG just|RB that|RB ,|, but|CC only|RB after|IN paying|VBG the|DT auction|NN price|NN and|CC a|DT fee|NN of|IN $20|NN for|IN the|DT face|NN value|NN of|IN the|DT coin|NN .|. 

ETHICS|NNP COMMITTEE|NNP CITES|NNP TORRICELLI|NNP 'S|VBZ '|POS POOR|NNP JUDGMENT|NNP '|POS Following|VBG are|VBP excerpts|NNS from|IN the|DT findings|NNS of|IN the|DT Senate|NNP Ethics|NNP Committee|NNP 's|POS report|NN on|IN Sen.|NN Robert|NNP G.|NN Torricelli|NNP 's|POS dealings|NNS with|IN David|NNP Chang|NNP :|: 

1|CD .|. Your|PRP$ acceptance|NN of|IN a|DT television|NN and|CC stereo|NN CD|JJ player|NN upon|IN payment|NN from|IN David|NNP Chang|NNP of|IN an|DT amount|NN you|PRP understood|VBD to|TO be|VB the|DT cost|VBN to|TO Mr.|NN Chang|NNP ,|, rather|RB than|IN fair|JJ market|NN retail|JJ value|NN ,|, evidenced|VBN poor|JJ judgment|NN ,|, displayed|VBD a|DT lack|NN of|IN due|JJ regard|NN for|IN Senate|NNP rules|NNS and|CC resulted|VBD in|IN a|DT violation|NN of|IN the|DT Senate|NNP Gifts|NNP Rules|NNPS (|( 35|CD )|) and|CC ,|, consequently|RB ,|, a|DT violation|NN of|IN your|PRP$ public|JJ disclosure|NN obligations|NNS under|IN Senate|NNP rules|NNS .|. 

2|CD .|. Your|PRP$ acceptance|NN on|IN loan|NN from|IN Mr.|NN Chang|NNP of|IN bronze|NN statues|NNS (|( eagle|NN and|CC bronco|NN buster|NN )|) for|IN display|NN in|IN your|PRP$ Senate|NNP office|NN under|IN your|PRP$ office|NN 's|POS policy|NN of|IN accepting|VBG the|DT loan|NN of|IN home|NN state|NN artwork|NN was|VBD not|RB consistent|JJ with|IN Senate|NNP rules|NNS governing|VBG such|JJ loans|NNS ,|, evidenced|VBN poor|JJ judgment|NN ,|, displayed|VBD a|DT lack|NN of|IN due|JJ regard|NN for|IN the|DT Senate|NNP rules|NNS and|CC resulted|VBD in|IN a|DT violation|NN of|IN the|DT Senate|NNP Gifts|NNP Rule|NNP (|( 35|CD )|) and|CC ,|, consequently|RB ,|, a|DT violation|NN of|IN your|PRP$ public|JJ disclosure|NN obligations|NNS under|IN Senate|NNP rules|NNS .|. 

3|CD .|. Your|PRP$ failure|NN to|TO act|VB to|TO prevent|VB the|DT acceptance|NN of|IN or|CC to|TO pay|VB for|IN gifts|NNS of|IN earrings|NNS from|IN Mr.|NN Chang|NNP to|TO individuals|NNS (|( your|PRP$ sister|NN ,|, an|DT employee|NN and|CC a|DT friend|NN )|) in|IN your|PRP$ home|NN at|IN Christmas|NNP on|IN the|DT mistaken|JJ belief|NN that|IN such|JJ items|NNS were|VBD of|IN little|JJ value|NN or|CC were|VBD not|RB gifts|NNS to|TO you|PRP under|IN the|DT circumstances|NNS ,|, evidenced|VBN poor|JJ judgment|NN ,|, displayed|VBD a|DT lack|NN of|IN due|JJ regard|NN for|IN Senate|NNP rules|NNS and|CC resulted|VBD in|IN a|DT violation|NN of|IN the|DT Senate|NNP Gifts|NNP Rule|NNP (|( 35|CD )|) and|CC ,|, consequently|RB ,|, a|DT violation|NN of|IN your|PRP$ public|JJ disclosure|NN obligations|NNS under|IN Senate|NNP Rule|NNP 34|CD .|. 

4|CD .|. Continuation|NNP of|IN a|DT personal|NN and|CC official|JJ relationship|NN with|IN Mr.|NN Chang|NNP under|IN circumstances|NNS where|WRB you|PRP knew|VBD that|IN he|PRP was|VBD attempting|VBG to|TO ingratiate|VB himself|PRP ,|, in|IN part|NN through|IN a|DT pattern|NN of|IN attempts|NNS to|TO provide|VB you|PRP and|CC those|DT around|IN you|PRP with|IN gifts|NNS over|IN a|DT period|NN of|IN several|JJ years|NNS when|WRB you|PRP and|CC your|PRP$ Senate|NNP Office|NNP were|VBD taking|VBG official|JJ actions|NNS of|IN benefit|NN to|TO Mr.|NN Chang|NNP (|( contacting|VBG United|NNP States|NNS Government|NNP officials|NNS ,|, writing|VBG letters|NNS to|TO foreign|JJ government|NN officials|NNS and|CC involving|VBG Mr.|NN Chang|NNP of|IN his|PRP$ representatives|NNS in|IN situations|NNS where|WRB you|PRP were|VBD meeting|VBG with|IN officials|NNS of|IN foreign|JJ governments|NNS )|) evidenced|VBN poor|JJ judgment|NN .|. 

5|CD .|. The|DT committee|NN has|VBZ also|RB considered|VBN that|IN the|DT principal|JJ source|NN of|IN the|DT allegations|NNS against|IN you|PRP is|VBZ David|NNP Chang|NNP ,|, a|DT witness|NN whose|WP$ credibility|NN has|VBZ been|VBN called|VBN into|IN question|NN by|IN the|DT Department|NNP of|IN Justice|NNP ,|, a|DT United|NNP States|NNPS district|NN judge|NN and|CC his|PRP$ own|JJ conduct|NN .|. 
In|IN court|NN documents|NNS ,|, the|DT government|NN noted|VBD that|IN Chang|NNP could|MD not|RB be|VB trusted|VBN .|. 
On|IN May|NNP 23|CD ,|, 2002|CD ,|, Mr.|NN Chang|NNP was|VBD convicted|VBN of|IN attempting|VBG to|TO corruptly|RB persuade|VB a|DT witness|NN to|TO give|VB false|JJ testimony|NN ,|, a|DT conspiracy|NN to|TO violate|VB the|DT federal|JJ election|NN law|NN and|CC four|CD violations|NNS of|IN the|DT federal|JJ election|NN law|NN .|. 

6|CD .|. After|IN evaluating|VBG the|DT extensive|JJ body|NN of|IN evidence|NN before|IN it|PRP and|CC your|PRP$ testimony|NN ,|, the|DT committee|NN is|VBZ troubled|VBN by|IN incongruities|NNS ,|, inconsistencies|NNS and|CC conflicts|NNS ,|, particularly|RB concerning|VBG actions|NNS taken|VBN by|IN you|PRP which|WDT were|VBD or|CC could|MD have|VB been|VBN of|IN potential|JJ benefit|NN to|TO Mr.|NN Chang|NNP .|. 

Therefore|RB ,|, the|DT committee|NN . . .|... expresses|VBZ its|PRP$ determination|NN that|IN your|PRP$ actions|NNS and|CC failure|NN to|TO act|VB led|VBN to|TO violations|NNS of|IN Senate|NNP rules|NNS (|( and|CC related|VBN statutes|NNS )|) and|CC created|VBN at|IN least|JJS the|DT appearance|NN of|IN impropriety|NN ,|, and|CC you|PRP are|VBP hereby|NN severely|RB admonished|JJ .|. 

Further|RB ,|, the|DT committee|NN notes|NNS section|NN 1|CD (|( c|SYM )|) (|( 1|CD )|) of|IN the|DT Senate|NNP Gift|NNP Rule|NNP (|( 35|CD )|) concerning|VBG anything|NN which|WDT is|VBZ paid|VBN for|IN at|IN market|NN value|NN or|CC returned|VBD . . .|... as|RB well|RB as|IN your|PRP$ commitment|NN to|TO pay|VB for|IN any|DT item|NN which|WDT the|DT committee|NN might|MD conclude|VB were|VB in|IN violation|NN of|IN the|DT rules|NNS ,|, and|CC has|VBZ further|RBR concluded|VBN that|IN you|PRP must|MD pay|VB Chang|NNP an|DT amount|NN sufficient|JJ to|TO bring|VB the|DT total|NN to|TO fair|JJ market|NN retail|JJ value|NN of|IN the|DT TV|NN and|CC CD|JJ player|NN ,|, as|RB well|RB as|IN the|DT fair|JJ market|NN retail|JJ value|NN of|IN the|DT earrings|NNS given|VBN to|TO the|DT three|CD individuals|NNS at|IN your|PRP$ home|NN ,|, with|IN appropriate|JJ interest|NN .|. 
The|DT committee|NN understands|VBZ that|IN you|PRP have|VBP previously|RB delivered|VBN the|DT bronze|NN statues|NNS to|TO the|DT Department|NNP of|IN Justice|NNP ,|, from|IN whence|NN they|PRP should|MD be|VB returned|VBN to|TO Chang|NNP .|. 

MCCALL|NNP AD|NNP LONG|NNP ON|IN INTRODUCTION|NNP By|IN SHAILA|NNP K.|NN DEWAN|NNP NEW|NNP YORK|NNP This|DT 30|CD -|: second|JJ commercial|NN is|VBZ the|DT first|JJ in|IN H.|NN Carl|NNP McCall|NNP 's|POS campaign|NN for|IN the|DT Democratic|JJ nomination|NN for|IN governor|NN and|CC will|MD be|VB broadcast|VBN upstate|JJ in|IN major|JJ broadcast|NN markets|NNS ,|, and|CC on|IN cable|NN in|IN New|NNP York|NNP City|NNP ,|, starting|VBG today|NN .|. 

ON|IN THE|DT SCREEN|NNP The|DT words|NNS "|'' His|PRP$ resume|NN is|VBZ an|DT American|JJ dream|NN ,|, "|'' a|DT quotation|NN from|IN Time|NNP magazine|NN ,|, appear|VB on|IN the|DT screen|NN .|. 
A|DT series|NN of|IN snapshots|NNS and|CC images|NNS are|VBP then|RB a|DT visual|JJ resume|NN for|IN McCall|NNP .|. 
They|PRP show|VBP him|PRP as|IN an|DT Army|NNP lieutenant|NN ,|, at|IN his|PRP$ swearing-in|NN as|IN a|DT state|NN senator|NN ,|, as|IN ambassador|NN to|TO the|DT United|NNP Nations|NNPS ,|, surrounded|VBN by|IN children|NNS as|IN New|NNP York|NNP City|NNP school|NN board|NN president|NN ,|, and|CC at|IN other|JJ jobs|NNS ,|, leading|VBG up|RP to|TO his|PRP$ current|JJ position|NN ,|, state|NN comptroller|NN .|. 
A|DT photograph|NN of|IN the|DT candidate|NN standing|NN in|IN his|PRP$ Army|NNP uniform|NN next|JJ to|TO his|PRP$ mother|NN is|VBZ shown|VBN ,|, then|RB the|DT advertisement|NN shifts|NNS to|TO McCall|NNP talking|VBG about|IN education|NN ,|, while|IN images|NNS of|IN the|DT candidate|NN looking|VBG at|IN a|DT computer|NN screen|NN with|IN a|DT small|JJ child|NN and|CC of|IN him|PRP surrounded|VBN by|IN children|NNS appear|VBP .|. 
The|DT action|NN then|RB shifts|VBZ to|TO him|PRP in|IN an|DT office|NN ,|, speaking|VBG to|TO the|DT camera|NN ,|, as|IN the|DT words|NNS "|'' Experience|NN .|. 
Excellence|NNP .|. 
Carl|NNP McCall|NNP "|'' appear|VB on|IN the|DT screen|NN .|. 

THE|DT SCRIPT|NNP A|DT male|JJ voice|NN says|VBZ ,|, "|'' Time|NNP Magazine|NNP called|VBD his|PRP$ life|NN an|DT American|JJ dream|NN .|. 
Carl|NNP McCall|NNP ,|, Army|NNP lieutenant|NN ,|, state|NN senator|NN ,|, ambassador|NN to|TO the|DT United|NNP Nations|NNPS ,|, school|NN board|NN president|NN ,|, Citibank|NNP vice|NN president|NN ,|, and|CC one|CD of|IN the|DT most|RBS effective|JJ comptrollers|NNS in|IN New|NNP York|NNP history|NN .|. "|'' 

The|DT candidate|NN says|VBZ :|: "|'' I|PRP grew|VBD up|RB poor|JJ with|IN a|DT single|JJ mother|NN .|. 
She|PRP said|VBD education|NN 's|VBZ a|DT sledgehammer|NN .|. 
It|PRP can|MD open|VB doors|NNS to|TO opportunity|NN .|. 
That|DT 's|VBZ what|WP education|NN did|VBD for|IN me|PRP .|. 
As|IN governor|NN ,|, I|PRP 'll|MD make|VB sure|JJ that|IN every|DT kid|NN in|IN New|NNP York|NNP has|VBZ the|DT same|JJ opportunity|NN I|PRP had|VBD ,|, to|TO get|VB a|DT good|JJ education|NN .|. "|'' 

ACCURACY|NNP This|DT advertisement|NN is|VBZ long|RB on|IN introductions|NNS and|CC short|JJ on|IN claims|NNS of|IN merit|NN .|. 
Thus|RB ,|, most|JJS of|IN the|DT facts|NNS presented|VBN are|VBP a|DT matter|NN of|IN record|NN .|. 
He|PRP had|VBD the|DT title|NN of|IN ambassador|NN when|WRB he|PRP was|VBD at|IN the|DT United|NNP Nations|NNPS ,|, but|CC he|PRP was|VBD not|RB the|DT chief|NN of|IN the|DT American|JJ mission|NN .|. 
And|CC Time|NNP magazine|NN actually|RB called|VBD his|PRP$ resume|NN ,|, not|RB his|PRP$ life|NN ,|, an|DT American|JJ dream|NN ,|, but|CC it|PRP also|RB followed|VBD that|IN up|RB with|IN a|DT reference|NN to|TO his|PRP$ life|NN ,|, saying|VBG he|PRP was|VBD one|CD of|IN six|CD children|NNS and|CC raised|VBD on|IN welfare|NN .|. 
As|IN for|IN the|DT claim|NN about|IN his|PRP$ success|NN as|IN comptroller|NN ,|, where|WRB he|PRP controls|VBZ the|DT state|NN pension|NN funds|NNS ,|, there|EX is|VBZ no|DT disputing|VBG the|DT funds|NNS '|POS growth|NN during|IN his|PRP$ terms|NNS ,|, but|CC some|DT critics|NNS say|VBP it|PRP had|VBD more|JJR to|TO do|VB with|IN the|DT buoyancy|NN of|IN the|DT stock|NN market|NN in|IN the|DT 1990s|NN than|IN skilled|JJ management|NN .|. 

SCORECARD|NNP The|DT advertisement|NN attempts|NNS to|TO make|VB several|JJ points|NNS and|CC reach|VB several|JJ different|JJ constituencies|NNS .|. 
For|IN one|CD ,|, it|PRP counters|NNS the|DT high|JJ name|NN recognition|NN of|IN Andrew|NNP M.|NN Cuomo|NNP ,|, McCall|NNP 's|POS opponent|NN ,|, by|IN offering|VBG voters|NNS a|DT straightforward|JJ introduction|NN to|TO the|DT candidate|NN ,|, emphasizing|VBG his|PRP$ long|JJ list|NN of|IN high-level|JJ jobs|NNS in|IN both|DT the|DT public|NN and|CC private|JJ sector|NN .|. 
It|PRP also|RB emphasizes|VBZ leadership|NN ,|, an|DT important|JJ campaign|NN issue|NN after|IN Sept|NNP .|. 11|CD .|. 
At|IN the|DT same|JJ time|NN it|PRP gives|VBZ McCall|NNP a|DT chance|NN to|TO intertwine|NN his|PRP$ boot-straps|JJ story|NN with|IN the|DT broader|JJR issue|NN of|IN children|NNS and|CC education|NN ,|, a|DT priority|NN of|IN many|JJ Democratic|JJ voters|NNS .|. 

NEW|NNP JERSEY|NNP SUPREME|NNP COURT|NNP OVERTURNS|NNP TRANSSEXUAL|NNP 'S|VBZ DEATH|NNP SENTENCE|NNP By|IN LAURA|NNP MANSNERUS|NNP TRENTON|NNP N.J.|NN The|DT New|NNP Jersey|NNP Supreme|NNP Court|NNP on|IN Tuesday|NNP overturned|VBD the|DT death|NN sentence|NN of|IN Leslie|NNP Ann|NNP Nelson|NNP ,|, a|DT transsexual|NN go-go|JJ dancer|NN who|WP killed|VBD a|DT police|NN officer|NN and|CC an|DT investigator|NN with|IN an|DT AK-47|NN rifle|NN .|. 

The|DT court|NN ,|, vacating|VBG Nelson|NNP 's|POS death|NN sentence|NN for|IN the|DT second|JJ time|NN ,|, ruled|VBD on|IN two|CD grounds|NNS :|: that|IN the|DT jury|NN could|MD have|VB been|VBN confused|VBN by|IN instructions|NNS on|IN the|DT verdict|NN sheet|NN and|CC that|IN the|DT prosecutor|NN made|VBD improper|JJ accusations|NNS in|IN his|PRP$ closing|NN argument|NN .|. 
Nelson|NNP ,|, 44|CD ,|, had|VBD been|VBN the|DT only|JJ woman|NN of|IN 14|CD people|NNS on|IN New|NNP Jersey|NNP 's|POS death|NN row|NN .|. 

The|DT ruling|NN ,|, which|WDT does|VBZ not|RB affect|VB Nelson|NNP 's|POS guilty|JJ plea|NN ,|, sends|VBZ the|DT case|NN back|RB to|TO the|DT trial|NN court|NN for|IN resentencing|VBG .|. 
The|DT state|NN attorney|NN general|NN 's|POS office|NN has|VBZ not|RB decided|VBN whether|IN to|TO seek|VB the|DT death|NN penalty|NN again|RB ,|, a|DT spokesman|NN ,|, Peter|NNP Aseltine|NNP ,|, said|VBD Tuesday|NNP .|. 

The|DT court|NN upheld|VBD the|DT sentence|NN of|IN another|DT death|NN row|NN inmate|NN ,|, Robert|NNP O.|NN Marshall|NNP ,|, convicted|VBN of|IN arranging|VBG the|DT murder|NN of|IN his|PRP$ wife|NN at|IN a|DT picnic|NN area|NN on|IN the|DT Garden|NNP State|NNP Parkway|NNP .|. 

In|IN its|PRP$ 5|CD -|: to-|NN 0|CD decision|NN in|IN the|DT Nelson|NNP case|NN ,|, the|DT court|NN showed|VBD continuing|VBG uneasiness|NN with|IN the|DT death|NN penalty|NN ,|, as|IN it|PRP has|VBZ done|VBN even|RB since|IN adopting|VBG a|DT voluminous|JJ set|NN of|IN review|NN procedures|NNS in|IN 1999|CD to|TO govern|VB capital|NN cases|NNS .|. 
New|NNP Jersey|NNP has|VBZ not|RB had|VBN an|DT execution|NN since|IN 1963|CD .|. 

Justice|NNP James|NNP R.|NN Zazzali|NNP and|CC Justice|NNP Virginia|NNP Long|NNP said|VBD in|IN a|DT separate|JJ opinion|NN that|IN in|IN addition|NN to|TO the|DT reasons|NNS given|VBN in|IN the|DT majority|NN opinion|NN ,|, also|RB written|VBN by|IN Zazzali|NNP ,|, they|PRP believed|VBD the|DT death|NN penalty|NN would|MD constitute|VB cruel|JJ and|CC unusual|JJ punishment|NN because|IN of|IN Nelson|NNP 's|POS history|NN of|IN emotional|JJ disturbance|NN .|. 
Zazzali|NNP and|CC Long|NNP had|VBD expressed|VBN similar|JJ reservations|NNS in|IN June|NNP 2001|CD when|WRB the|DT court|NN overturned|VBD the|DT death|NN sentence|NN of|IN Thomas|NNP J.|NN Koskovich|NNP ,|, who|WP was|VBD 18|CD when|WRB he|PRP killed|VBD two|CD pizza|NN deliverymen|NN in|IN an|DT ambush|NN .|. 

The|DT majority|NN opinion|NN Tuesday|NNP said|VBD the|DT court|NN would|MD impose|VB higher|JJR standards|NNS in|IN capital|NN cases|NNS when|WRB reviewing|VBG prosecutors|NNS '|POS conduct|NN and|CC possibly|RB ambiguous|JJ jury|NN instructions|NNS .|. 

While|IN all|DT five|CD members|NNS of|IN the|DT majority|NN found|VBD the|DT instructions|NNS to|TO the|DT jury|NN on|IN weighing|JJ aggravating|JJ and|CC mitigating|JJ factors|NNS to|TO be|VB confusing|JJ ,|, two|CD of|IN those|DT justices|NNS wrote|VBD in|IN a|DT partial|JJ dissent|NN that|IN the|DT prosecutor|NN 's|POS statements|NNS in|IN his|PRP$ summation|NN about|IN the|DT defense|NN 's|POS expert|NN witnesses|NNS were|VBD within|IN the|DT bounds|NNS of|IN acceptable|JJ argument|NN .|. 

Two|CD of|IN the|DT court|NN 's|POS members|NNS ,|, Chief|NNP Justice|NNP Deborah|NNP T.|NN Poritz|NNP and|CC Justice|NNP Peter|NNP G.|NN Verniero|NNP ,|, did|VBD not|RB participate|VB in|IN the|DT Nelson|NNP case|NN because|IN both|DT are|VBP former|JJ attorneys|NNS general|JJ .|. 

Nelson|NNP ,|, born|VBN Glenn|NNP Nelson|NNP ,|, had|VBD severe|JJ psychological|JJ problems|NNS and|CC a|DT history|NN of|IN reclusive|JJ behavior|NN into|IN adulthood|NN ,|, and|CC was|VBD convicted|VBN on|IN a|DT weapons|NNS charge|VBP in|IN 1988|CD .|. 
After|IN undergoing|VBG sex|NN change|NN surgery|NN in|IN 1992|CD ,|, she|PRP pursued|VBD a|DT career|NN as|IN an|DT exotic|JJ dancer|NN .|. 

In|IN April|NNP 1995|CD ,|, while|IN she|PRP was|VBD living|VBG with|IN her|PRP$ parents|NNS in|IN Haddon|NNP Heights|NNP ,|, outside|IN Philadelphia|NNP ,|, law|NN enforcement|NN officers|NNS arrived|VBD at|IN the|DT house|NN with|IN a|DT warrant|NN for|IN Nelson|NNP 's|POS arrest|NN on|IN another|DT weapons|NNS charge|VBP .|. 
During|IN a|DT 14|CD -|: hour|NN standoff|NN ,|, she|PRP killed|VBD a|DT patrolman|NN and|CC an|DT investigator|NN from|IN the|DT Camden|NNP County|NNP prosecutor|NN 's|POS office|NN .|. 

She|PRP pleaded|VBD guilty|JJ to|TO murder|NN and|CC was|VBD sentenced|VBN to|TO death|NN by|IN a|DT jury|NN in|IN 1997|CD .|. 
The|DT Supreme|NNP Court|NNP overturned|VBD that|DT sentence|NN in|IN July|NNP 1998|CD ,|, ruling|NN that|IN the|DT prosecution|NN had|VBD failed|VBN to|TO disclose|VB important|JJ information|NN to|TO the|DT jury|NN .|. 

A|DT second|JJ jury|NN sentenced|VBD Nelson|NNP to|TO death|NN in|IN March|NNP 2001|CD .|. 

In|IN Marshall|NNP 's|POS case|NN ,|, the|DT 5|CD -|: 1|CD decision|NN upheld|VBD a|DT lower|JJR court|NN 's|POS dismissal|NN of|IN his|PRP$ petition|NN for|IN further|JJ review|NN of|IN his|PRP$ 1986|CD murder|NN conviction|NN .|. 
Marshall|NNP ,|, an|DT insurance|NN agent|NN from|IN Toms|NNP River|NNP ,|, was|VBD convicted|VBN of|IN hiring|VBG a|DT man|NN to|TO kill|VB his|PRP$ wife|NN while|IN the|DT couple|NN were|VBD going|VBG home|NN after|IN an|DT evening|NN of|IN dining|NN and|CC gambling|NN in|IN Atlantic|NNP City|NNP .|. 
The|DT case|NN was|VBD the|DT subject|NN of|IN Joe|NNP McGinniss|NNP '|POS best-selling|JJS book|NN "|'' Blind|NNP Faith|NNP .|. "|'' 

EDITORIAL|NNP :|: THE|DT SHAME|NNP OF|IN EGYPT|NNP The|DT New|NNP York|NNP Times|NNP said|VBD in|IN an|DT editorial|NN for|IN Wednesday|NNP ,|, July|NNP 31|CD :|: 

President|NNP Hosni|NNP Mubarak|NNP of|IN Egypt|NNP describes|VBZ himself|PRP as|IN America|NNP 's|POS leading|VBG Arab|JJ ally|NN .|. 
Yet|RB his|PRP$ anti-democratic|JJ behavior|NN is|VBZ an|DT embarrassment|NN to|TO Washington|NNP and|CC an|DT affront|NN to|TO his|PRP$ own|JJ people|NNS .|. 
The|DT latest|JJS example|NN is|VBZ Monday|NNP 's|POS re-sentencing|JJ of|IN Saad|NNP Eddin|NNP Ibrahim|NNP ,|, a|DT sociologist|NN and|CC human|JJ rights|NNS activist|NN ,|, to|TO seven|CD years|NNS in|IN prison|NN for|IN his|PRP$ efforts|NNS to|TO register|VB voters|NNS ,|, monitor|VB elections|NNS and|CC report|NN attacks|NNS on|IN Egypt|NNP 's|POS Coptic|NNP Christians|NNS .|. 

Ibrahim|NNP ,|, who|WP holds|VBZ dual|JJ United|NNP States|NNPS and|CC Egyptian|JJ citizenship|NN ,|, is|VBZ 63|CD years|NNS old|JJ and|CC ailing|VBG .|. 
The|DT verdict|NN should|MD be|VB annulled|JJ ,|, not|RB just|RB on|IN humanitarian|JJ grounds|NNS but|CC because|IN his|PRP$ prosecution|NN is|VBZ an|DT abrogation|NN of|IN the|DT most|RBS basic|JJ standards|NNS of|IN justice|NN .|. 
Ibrahim|NNP 's|POS harsh|JJ punishment|NN sends|VBZ a|DT chilling|JJ message|NN to|TO Egyptians|NNP yearning|NN for|IN a|DT more|RBR accountable|JJ and|CC tolerant|NN society|NN .|. 

Egyptian|JJ courts|NNS are|VBP neither|DT fair|JJ nor|CC independent|JJ .|. 
Like|IN every|DT other|JJ government|NN institution|NN ,|, they|PRP hew|NN closely|RB to|TO Mubarak|NNP 's|POS wishes|NNS .|. 
That|DT is|VBZ especially|RB true|JJ of|IN the|DT State|NNP Security|NNP Court|NNP that|WDT ruled|VBD in|IN this|DT case|NN .|. 
Ibrahim|NNP might|MD never|RB have|VB been|VBN tried|VBN had|VBN he|PRP not|RB written|VBN an|DT article|NN taking|VBG note|NN of|IN Mubarak|NNP 's|POS efforts|NNS to|TO create|VB a|DT presidential|JJ dynasty|NN .|. 
Nor|CC is|VBZ it|PRP likely|JJ his|PRP$ sentence|NN would|MD have|VB been|VBN reaffirmed|VBD if|IN Mubarak|NNP believed|VBD that|IN convicting|VBG an|DT American|JJ citizen|NN for|IN promoting|VBG democracy|NN and|CC human|JJ rights|NNS might|MD jeopardize|VB his|PRP$ own|JJ standing|NN with|IN the|DT Bush|NNP administration|NN and|CC the|DT $2|NN billion|CD annual|JJ American|JJ subsidy|NN that|WDT keeps|VBZ his|PRP$ government|NN afloat|RB .|. 

That|DT aid|NN bonanza|NN was|VBD granted|VBN to|TO reward|VB Mubarak|NNP 's|POS predecessor|NN ,|, Anwar|NNP Sadat|NNP ,|, for|IN signing|VBG a|DT peace|NN treaty|NN with|IN Israel|NNP .|. 
Washington|NNP has|VBZ never|RB demanded|VBN good|JJ governance|NN and|CC democracy|NN from|IN Cairo|NNP in|IN return|NN .|. 
In|IN recent|JJ months|NNS President|NNP Bush|NNP has|VBZ spoken|VBN of|IN the|DT need|NN to|TO promote|VB democracy|NN in|IN the|DT Arab|JJ world|NN .|. 
But|CC so|RB far|RB he|PRP has|VBZ pushed|VBN the|DT point|NN only|RB with|IN the|DT Palestinians|NNPS .|. 
It|PRP is|VBZ time|NN to|TO extend|VB this|DT policy|NN to|TO Egypt|NNP .|. 

While|IN hardly|RB the|DT worst|JJS example|NN of|IN dictatorship|NN in|IN the|DT Middle|NNP East|NNP ,|, Egypt|NNP is|VBZ one|CD of|IN the|DT saddest|NN .|. 
It|PRP is|VBZ a|DT country|NN with|IN a|DT long|JJ and|CC glorious|JJ history|NN ,|, a|DT substantial|JJ middle|JJ class|NN ,|, a|DT peace|NN treaty|NN with|IN Israel|NNP and|CC large|JJ quantities|NNS of|IN American|JJ aid|NN .|. 
Under|IN Mubarak|NNP it|PRP has|VBZ squandered|VBN economic|JJ and|CC diplomatic|JJ opportunities|NNS and|CC relentlessly|RB stifled|JJ political|JJ debate|NN .|. 
Its|PRP$ official|JJ media|NNS are|VBP awash|RB in|IN anti-|NN American|NNP and|CC anti-|NN Semitic|NNP propaganda|NN .|. 

The|DT State|NNP Department|NNP and|CC American|JJ officials|NNS in|IN Cairo|NNP have|VBP issued|VBN diplomatically|RB phrased|JJ protests|NNS of|IN Ibrahim|NNP 's|POS trial|NN and|CC sentence|NN .|. 
This|DT is|VBZ entirely|RB insufficient|JJ .|. 
What|WP is|VBZ needed|VBN is|VBZ a|DT message|NN delivered|VBN personally|RB by|IN Bush|NNP and|CC other|JJ top|JJ officials|NNS not|RB only|RB about|IN the|DT inexcusable|JJ treatment|NN of|IN Ibrahim|NNP but|CC of|IN the|DT contemptuous|JJ approach|NN to|TO democratic|JJ values|NNS .|. 

EDITORIAL|NNP :|: GOVERNOR|NNP PATAKI|NNP WEIGHS|NNP IN|IN The|DT New|NNP York|NNP Times|NNP said|VBD in|IN an|DT editorial|NN for|IN Wednesday|NNP ,|, July|NNP 31|CD :|: 

Responding|VBG to|TO a|DT wave|NN of|IN public|JJ dismay|NN over|IN the|DT first|JJ designs|NNS for|IN rebuilding|VBG Lower|JJR Manhattan|NNP ,|, Gov.|NN George|NNP Pataki|NNP has|VBZ sent|VBN word|NN that|IN it|PRP 's|VBZ time|NN to|TO go|VB back|RB to|TO the|DT drawing|JJ board|NN .|. 
It|PRP is|VBZ the|DT right|NN message|NN ,|, sent|VBD while|IN it|PRP is|VBZ still|RB early|JJ enough|RB to|TO do|VB something|NN constructive|JJ about|IN the|DT disappointing|JJ quality|NN of|IN the|DT work|NN so|RB far|RB .|. 
The|DT governor|NN ,|, like|IN Mayor|NNP Michael|NNP Bloomberg|NNP ,|, now|RB seems|VBZ committed|VBN to|TO creating|VBG a|DT better|JJR mix|NN of|IN uses|NNS for|IN ground|NN zero|CD ,|, and|CC a|DT 24|CD -|: hour|NN community|NN in|IN Manhattan|NNP 's|POS downtown|NN .|. 

While|IN rethinking|VBG the|DT plans|NNS will|MD delay|VB the|DT original|JJ rebuilding|NN schedule|NN slightly|RB ,|, it|PRP does|VBZ not|RB need|VB to|TO stall|VB progress|NN if|IN the|DT governor|NN keeps|VBZ the|DT pressure|NN on|IN the|DT Lower|JJR Manhattan|NNP Development|NNP Corp|NNP .|. 
and|CC the|DT Port|NNP Authority|NNP of|IN New|NNP York|NNP and|CC New|NNP Jersey|NNP .|. 
New|NNP York|NNP cannot|NN afford|VB to|TO have|VB a|DT gaping|JJ hole|NN that|IN mocks|NNS the|DT city|NN and|CC its|PRP$ process|NN for|IN rebuilding|VBG what|WP was|VBD destroyed|VBN .|. 

Pataki|NNP openly|RB questioned|VBD the|DT Port|NNP Authority|NNP 's|POS requirement|NN that|IN any|DT plan|NN for|IN the|DT site|NN replace|VBP all|PDT the|DT office|NN ,|, hotel|NN and|CC retail|JJ square|JJ footage|NN lost|VBD in|IN the|DT attack|NN on|IN Sept|NNP .|. 11|CD .|. 
More|JJR than|IN anything|NN else|RB ,|, that|DT specification|NN limited|VBD the|DT designs|NNS to|TO the|DT undistinguished|JJ options|NNS presented|VBD two|CD weeks|NNS ago|RB .|. 
Renegotiating|NNP that|DT issue|NN with|IN the|DT World|NNP Trade|NNP Center|NNP leaseholders|NNS should|MD begin|VB immediately|RB .|. 
Opening|NN the|DT process|NN to|TO other|JJ designers|NNS ,|, both|DT here|RB and|CC internationally|RB ,|, will|MD help|VB separate|VB this|DT urban|JJ plan|NN from|IN the|DT ordinary|JJ .|. 

The|DT city|NN also|RB needs|VBZ to|TO begin|VB openly|RB discussing|VBG what|WP happens|VBZ underground|JJ ,|, in|IN particular|JJ with|IN the|DT transportation|NN network|NN .|. 
At|IN this|DT point|NN ,|, planners|NNS have|VBP focused|VBN on|IN short-term|JJ repair|NN of|IN PATH|NNP and|CC subway|NN lines|NNS ,|, with|IN medium-range|JJ proposals|NNS being|VBG shopped|VBN in|IN Washington|NNP that|WDT could|MD untangle|NN the|DT disorganized|JJ web|NN of|IN subway|NN lines|NNS downtown|NN .|. 
Within|IN the|DT next|JJ few|JJ weeks|NNS the|DT Lower|JJR Manhattan|NNP Development|NNP Corp|NNP .|. 
and|CC the|DT Port|NNP Authority|NNP should|MD offer|VB some|DT bigger|JJR ideas|NNS about|IN how|WRB to|TO connect|VB the|DT downtown|NN area|NN better|JJR to|TO the|DT rest|NN of|IN the|DT region|NN .|. 

Lowering|NNP West|NNP Street|NNP alongside|IN the|DT World|NNP Trade|NNP Center|NNP site|NN and|CC building|VBG a|DT park|NN or|CC esplanade|NN on|IN top|NN is|VBZ another|DT option|NN that|WDT has|VBZ been|VBN popular|JJ with|IN those|DT reviewing|VBG the|DT first|JJ six|CD public|JJ proposals|NNS .|. 
But|CC it|PRP would|MD be|VB expensive|JJ ,|, and|CC the|DT governor|NN ,|, the|DT mayor|NN and|CC their|PRP$ friends|NNS in|IN Washington|NNP will|MD have|VB to|TO look|VB at|IN long-range|JJ ways|NNS to|TO pay|VB the|DT bill|NN .|. 

Pataki|NNP 's|POS recent|JJ remarks|NNS are|VBP a|DT sign|NN that|IN he|PRP understands|VBZ how|WRB central|JJ the|DT rebuilding|NN of|IN Lower|JJR Manhattan|NNP will|MD be|VB to|TO his|PRP$ own|JJ political|JJ legacy|NN .|. 
Now|RB he|PRP needs|VBZ to|TO follow|VB through|IN with|IN action|NN ,|, to|TO keep|VB demonstrating|VBG that|IN his|PRP$ core|NN concern|NN is|VBZ coming|VBG up|RP with|IN the|DT best|JJS possible|JJ plan|NN ,|, not|RB simply|RB keeping|VBG the|DT issue|NN on|IN hold|NN until|IN after|IN this|DT fall|NN 's|POS election|NN .|. 

EDITORIAL|NNP :|: A|DT PALLID|NNP CLEAN|NNP AIR|NNP PLAN|NN The|DT New|NNP York|NNP Times|NNP said|VBD in|IN an|DT editorial|NN for|IN Wednesday|NNP ,|, July|NNP 31|CD :|: 

President|NNP Bush|NNP has|VBZ now|RB unveiled|VBN his|PRP$ long-awaited|JJ "|'' Clear|NNP Skies|NNPS "|'' proposal|NN ,|, which|WDT he|PRP promises|VBZ will|MD simplify|VB and|CC strengthen|VB the|DT Clean|NNP Air|NNP Act|NNP without|IN crippling|JJ American|JJ industry|NN .|. 
A|DT debate|NN on|IN how|WRB to|TO make|VB the|DT 32|CD -|: year-old|JJ Clean|NNP Air|NNP Act|NNP a|DT stronger|JJR and|CC more|RBR efficient|JJ instrument|NN is|VBZ surely|RB long|JJ overdue|JJ .|. 
But|CC the|DT Bush|NNP plan|NN falls|VBZ well|RB short|JJ of|IN the|DT only|RB other|JJ credible|JJ proposal|NN on|IN the|DT table|NN ,|, a|DT bill|NN sponsored|VBN by|IN Sen.|NN James|NNP Jeffords|NNP ,|, Independent|NNP of|IN Vermont|NNP .|. 

Like|IN Jeffords|NNP ,|, the|DT president|NN calls|VBZ for|IN substantial|JJ reductions|NNS in|IN three|CD major|JJ pollutants|NNS --|: the|DT nitrogen|NN oxides|NNS that|WDT produce|VBP smog|NN ,|, sulfur|NN dioxide|NN ,|, which|WDT causes|VBZ acid|NN rain|NN ,|, and|CC mercury|NN .|. 
But|CC he|PRP ignores|VBZ emissions|NNS of|IN carbon|NN dioxide|NN ,|, the|DT main|JJ global|JJ warming|NN gas|NN .|. 
That|DT is|VBZ a|DT huge|JJ omission|NN .|. 
Even|RB for|IN the|DT pollutants|NNS he|PRP addresses|VBZ ,|, Bush|NNP 's|POS timetable|NN is|VBZ too|RB leisurely|JJ .|. 
He|PRP aims|VBZ to|TO reduce|VB all|DT three|CD by|IN 70|CD percent|NN by|IN 2018|CD .|. 
The|DT Jeffords|NNP proposal|NN would|MD make|VB the|DT same|JJ sizable|JJ reductions|NNS by|IN 2008|CD .|. 
Finally|RB ,|, the|DT Bush|NNP proposal|NN would|MD roll|VB back|RB key|JJ provisions|NNS of|IN the|DT existing|VBG Clean|NNP Air|NNP Act|NNP that|IN Jeffords|NNP would|MD keep|VB .|. 

Bush|NNP argues|VBZ that|IN the|DT regulatory|JJ mechanisms|NNS he|PRP has|VBZ in|IN mind|NN for|IN reaching|VBG Clear|NNP Skies|NNPS '|POS goals|NNS ,|, chiefly|RB a|DT market-based|JJ emissions|NNS trading|NN scheme|NN ,|, will|MD be|VB so|RB effective|JJ that|IN the|DT need|NN for|IN many|JJ existing|VBG rules|NNS will|MD disappear|VB .|. 
This|DT page|NN has|VBZ long|RB embraced|VBN emissions|NNS trading|VBG as|IN an|DT essential|JJ tool|NN for|IN reducing|VBG pollution|NN at|IN manageable|JJ cost|NN .|. 
We|PRP also|RB agree|VBP that|IN the|DT law|NN needs|VBZ streamlining|VBG .|. 
But|CC some|DT regulations|NNS ,|, aimed|VBN at|IN specific|JJ regional|JJ problems|NNS that|IN nationwide|JJ trading|NN alone|RB is|VBZ unable|JJ to|TO address|VB ,|, cannot|NN lightly|RB be|VB abandoned|VBN .|. 

Among|IN these|DT are|VBP rules|NNS governing|VBG emissions|NNS that|WDT limit|NN visibility|NN in|IN the|DT national|JJ parks|NNS ,|, and|CC rules|NNS governing|VBG pollution|NN that|IN drifts|NNS eastward|RB from|IN Midwestern|JJ power|NN plants|NNS .|. 
Indeed|RB ,|, Bush|NNP has|VBZ already|RB made|VBN clear|JJ his|PRP$ intention|NN to|TO roll|VB back|RB one|CD of|IN the|DT most|RBS important|JJ of|IN these|DT regulations|NNS ,|, a|DT provision|NN known|VBN as|IN new|JJ source|NN review|NN that|WDT compels|VBZ utilities|NNS to|TO install|VB modern|JJ pollution|NN controls|NNS whenever|WRB they|PRP significantly|RB upgrade|VB older|JJR plants|NNS .|. 

The|DT 1970|CD Clean|NNP Air|NNP Act|NNP is|VBZ a|DT landmark|NN statute|NN ,|, deserving|JJ of|IN thoughtful|JJ improvement|NN .|. 
The|DT Bush|NNP bill|NN ,|, as|IN written|VBN ,|, is|VBZ not|RB the|DT way|NN to|TO get|VB there|RB .|. 

