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...Senate campaign in my home state of Missouri began almost as soon as the 1998 elections were over. For a year now, everyone has known that Gov. Mel Carnahan, a moderate Democrat, will be challenging the incumbent Sen. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.), a conservative Republican and a favorite of the Christian Coalition. With such a stark contrast between the candidates' positions, there's no question that some otherwise forgettable decisions might take on great political significance and that impartial government might fall by the wayside. Unfortunately, with such a long race, the casualties--including some very talented people--are already...
...palace of higher fun and learning in Columbus is in good company--lots of it. Almost 300 science centers in the U.S. welcome 115 million visitors a year--"a threefold increase in the past decade alone," says Bonnie VanDorn of the Association of Science-Technology Centers. What's more, 40% of them plan to open new facilities or expand existing ones in the next three years. Already completed is the California Science Center in Los Angeles, launched last year. Two other major overhauls open next month, in Kansas City, Mo., and St. Paul, Minn. Each cost more than $100 million...
20TH CENTURY RELICS What use are postcards in an age of e-mail and cheap long-distance calls? Almost none. Which may be why they're enjoying a moment of higher hipness. Barneys' New York City flagship store opens two new floors this month, with dressing rooms covered in cards from highway rest stops. And Phaidon has just released Boring Postcards, a coffee-table book of British cards featuring roads, old malls and unremarkable views. Groovy, baby...
...institutions don't coddle their students the way some American colleges do. Canadian universities come closest to the American concept of in loco parentis, offering numerous welcoming services to foreign students. Still, their staffs are less nurturing than those in the U.S. In Britain the entire college experience bears almost no resemblance to an American one. As Cecile Divino, who recently attended the London School of Economics, observes, "In England there isn't the same type of community network that American colleges have." "It's hard," says Rachel Polner, "if you do have a serious problem, because...
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