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...Security Council would call for weapons monitors to return to Iraq backed by a U.S.-led military force that could shoot its way into suspicious facilities or mount an all-out invasion if Iraqi recalcitrance persisted. "It's comply or else," says retired Air Force General Charles Boyd, an advocate of coercive inspections. "We say to Saddam, 'You can submit to unfettered inspections, or you can have an invasion of your country...
When Brian and Cheryl Boyd were first looking into adopting children from South Korea, a counselor at the Children's Home Society of Minnesota warned the couple that if they chose to raise a child from Korea, "you will no longer be Americans. You will be Korean Americans." The Boyds took the leap and became the proud parents of daughters Sarah, 14, and Anna, 11. Their home is filled with Korean art and artifacts, they have traveled to South Korea several times, Sarah takes part in a local Korean dance troupe with other adopted kids, and both girls attend "culture...
Sarah Po-Yeong Boyd, 14, enters ninth grade this year in Eagan, Minn., where Koreans are a distinct minority. But she bridges her two cultures with ease, listening with equal pleasure to the Korean pop group Baby Vox and American folk-rock singer Michelle Branch. Sarah says she is grateful for the connection her parents have helped her forge with her home country--for the culture camps, Korean dance lessons, time spent with other adoptees and a trip to Seoul two years ago with a Korean girlfriend and their dads. "For once we looked like everyone else and our parents...
...testing kits for athletes can be double that price because of the need to monitor for performance-enhancing steroids. Even after the court upheld drug testing of student athletes, only a fraction of school districts followed through. Many holdouts cite budget constraints; others cite privacy issues. A.C.L.U. attorney Graham Boyd warns, "If drug testing now becomes a rite of passage...the door will be cracked open wider to government demands for DNA, medical records, financial information and other personal data...