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Columbia is a giant step backward for mankind...
...American flag displayed backward on one side of Columbia...
...could be more different from one another than the aging, pugnacious Menachem Begin, 67, and the vigorous if sometimes reticent Shimon Peres, 57. Begin was forged by the Holocaust, and carries his fury like the harpoon of Captain Ahab. Peres escaped the scar. The difference is crucial. Begin, looking backward to the genocide, vows with other Israelis: "Never again." But he seems to have little patience with the grievances of the Arabs or understanding of their rights, and too often he shapes a policy that invites attack. Peres, who observes the vow less flamboyantly, seems more open to Arab concerns...
Americans today are "caught between the forward thrust of technology and the backward thrust of education." Holton said, adding that students with inadequate scientific education will be "slaves with respect to key issues of self-government...
Dick Francis, 60, says deadpan that his debut as a professional jockey came at the age of five, when an older brother bet him sixpence that he couldn't take their Welsh pony over a hedge while sitting backward in the saddle. After five falls, daring Dick collected. The steeplechase riders he has written about in 21 novels have a lot in common with the young Francis. They are dogged, not necessarily the best, but decent and vulnerable; they eat a lot of mud and get mauled frequently and badly. But they do collect: the bruises, the booty...