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...incremental man, modern and responsive, with a compelling history, energy and ambition. If he wins on Oct. 9, will he go the way of his political mentor Whitlam, who crashed in glorious catastrophe? The times don't beckon that kind of mad adventurism, in spite of Latham's "crazy-brave" persona among pundits. "Bite-sized changes in policy are more desirable (and certainly more believable) than big-bang social theories that turn the system upside down," Latham once said. Strip out the imagery of class hatred, the pandering to his constituency, the one-off election bribes and penalties, and what...
BUSH IS PRAISED FOR BEING BRAVE AND decisive for the actions he took after the attacks of 9/11, but why, when his bravery and snap decisions based on trumped-up evidence have proved disastrously wrong and damaging? Neither the U.S., in its long-term interests, nor the world can afford another four years of Bush and his unilateralism...
...what he has done in the past and also how he perceives the future. I admire a President who would oust a notorious dictator - not because voters approved of it but because it was a worthy act. I admire Bush. Chinedum Onwuchekwa Nsukka, Nigeria Bush is praised for being brave and decisive, but why, when bravery and snap decisions based on trumped-up evidence have proved disastrously wrong? Neither the U.S., in its long-term interests, nor the world can afford another four years of Bush and his unilateralism. Michael Kromberg Kongsberg, Norway President Bush may believe going...
...drinks, James D. Watson, then 24, and Francis Crick, 36, talked excitedly, Crick's booming voice damping out conversations among other Eagle patrons. When friends stopped to ask what the commotion was all about, Crick did not mince words. 'We,' he announced exultantly, 'have discovered the secret of life!' Brave words?and in a sense, incredibly true ... On that late winter day in 1953, the two unknown scientists had finally worked out the double-helical shape of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA. IN DNA'S FAMED SPIRAL-STAIRCASE STRUCTURE ARE HIDDEN THE MYSTERIES OF HEREDITY, OF GROWTH, OF DISEASE AND AGING...
...Meet the brave new tech influentials, from outsourcing impresarios to embryo cloners...