Word: begun
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...over northwestern Turkey, in the hundreds of square miles savaged by the 7.4-level temblor, people have begun to emerge--slowly, fitfully--from their stupor. Turkish authorities, whose first response was a scandalous paralysis, have moved into action, directing relief where it is needed, working to forestall a second-wave tragedy of infectious disease. Survivors, many of them at first unwilling to budge from outside their fallen homes, hoping to salvage something--if not a loved one, perhaps some hoarded savings--are drifting into tent cities. Amid the uncertainty, both the leaders and the governed seem clear on one thing...
Although Ecevit's government had been in power less than three months, it had already begun chipping at a paternalistic state in an effort to push Turkey into the ranks of developed countries. The Prime Minister says he is determined to maintain that momentum despite the new demands of reconstruction. "We have no right to lose our energy or our dynamism," he told TIME in an interview...
Congratulations to Roger Rosenblatt for speaking the unspeakable and asking for the elimination of all handguns [THE ATLANTA MASSACRE, Aug. 9]. The grass-roots movement has begun. Thanks, Roger, for your courage. RAYMOND C. HOLTZ Covington...
...only 62% of Americans favored stricter gun laws, compared with 78% in 1990. And a Gallup poll found that the percentage of people who believe the government should ban civilian handgun possession has fallen from 41% in 1981 to 38% in 1999. Perhaps a growing number of Americans have begun to realize gun-control laws do not make people safer. H. STERLING BURNETT NICOLE SCHIERECK National Center for Policy Analysis Dallas...
...skies with their big radio antennas without getting so much as a convincing peep, though there have been some tantalizing false alarms. Not only can suspect signals be elusively faint, they are also hard to separate from the universe's hodgepodge of natural noises. Given that, many scientists have begun wondering about entirely different kinds of extraterrestrial smoke signals, especially lasers. Says Harvard physicist Paul Horowitz, a veteran of many SETI radio searches: "Lasers are an interesting alternative...