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...These days,” the editors wrote, “much of what we know about each other, and much of what we learn—from television, newspapers, and journals—reinforces our separateness and confirms our distrust. We pray that this magazine will help to bind us, one to the other, by trying to understand the distances between us, by recognizing that which we hold in common, and that which we might share...
...protein on the surface of HIV that latches onto receptors on human immune cells. The virus can then break in, multiply and kill the cell. AIDSVAX has a synthetic version of gp120 that tricks the body into producing antibodies; when real HIV shows up, they're meant to bind to the protein and prevent attachment. But researchers now realize that gp120 can take many forms, and antibodies to one will not work on another. Researchers think that effective vaccines will need to combine gp120 with other approaches...
...assertion two years ago that Kyoto would wither, 2003 looks to be the year the treaty will come to life. Canada ratified it in December, and if Russia joins this year, as its President has promised, the treaty will have enough support to go into effect. It would not bind the U.S., but it could induce U.S. multinationals to reduce emissions by their plants in signatory countries...
...Bush Administration is now in a bind. "We've come to a point," said an official, "where difficult decisions have to be made in Washington." This week the U.S. and Britain are likely to table a new resolution at the Security Council paving the way for war. In a pinch, the Administration could live without a vote, but its principal ally cannot. So unpopular is the prospect of a war in Britain--on Feb. 15, hundreds of thousands demonstrated for peace in London--that without a real effort to secure the backing of the Security Council, Prime Minister Tony Blair...
...Swain thinks there's only one way out of this bind: recognizing that whites have "legitimate" beefs about race that should be openly debated by politicians and scholars. She also believes we should immediately do away with racial preferences in university admissions, hiring and government contracts that not only fuel white resentment but send the message to blacks that they can't meet the same standards as everyone else. Swain's detractors say such steps amount to no more than a cowardly capitulation to racism, but she won't back down because she does not believe that blacks need...