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Many of the nation's dreams seemed to go off course in Dallas on the afternoon of Nov. 22, 1963, when Kennedy was shot. Then much of the country's bold optimism soured as Americans watched the war in Vietnam spin out of control on the news. When Ho's forces surprised U.S. troops with the Tet offensive on Jan. 30, 1968, threatening Saigon, most Americans realized the government had been deluding itself that victory was close at hand. Disillusion was followed by despair when assassins shot King on April 4, 1968, and Robert Kennedy two months later, on June...
...even as the prophets of this bold new world were making their far-out forecasts, other participants in a conference that marked the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the double helix sounded much more skeptical notes. They warned that as futurist Arthur Clarke once remarked, short-term predictions about technological advances often tend to lag far behind predicted timetables. As an example, composer and visual artist Jaron Lanier cited problems that still plague even our simplest computer programs. "Software is still software," he said, openly questioning its ability to handle increased complexity that all the projected advances would require...
Though Witt is thrilled with her team’s historic achievement at Princeton, she wasn’t about to make any bold statements yesterday about playing Harvard on Saturday. At the moment, she is focused on Yale’s game at Brown Friday...
Bonifaz, who graduated from HLS in 1992, will appear in Massachusetts District Court on Monday to argue that Bush must wait for a formal declaration of war from Congress before sending troops into combat in Iraq. It is refreshing to see such a bold action taken by a private individual who is concerned about the executive branch abusing the constitutional limits on its powers...
Despite their bold stage presence and seasoned performance, the WPP has yet to release an album...