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...people in certain designated homelands did not accept "independence," he said vaguely, they "will remain a part of the South African nation, are South African citizens, and should be accommodated within political institutions within the boundaries of the Republic of South Africa." The President also dashed expectations of breakthrough reform surrounding South Africa's influx controls, the laws that restrict the right of blacks to live in urban areas. Botha said only that "the present system is outdated and too costly," and that the advisory President's Council would report on the laws "in the near future...
Abraham Lincoln said, "The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend." President Reagan has a chance to make a breakthrough in our relationship with the Soviets if he has the vision to do it. History will judge him as either the President who bankrupted his country preparing for nuclear war or the President who had the courage to stop the arms race. Tired of the cold war, the country is crying our for the latter. Ted Keener Bend...
...Stem-Cell Breakthrough "Inside the Korean Cloning Lab" [may 30] reported that South Korean scientists have created human stem-cell lines that are perfectly matched to the dna of human patients. That story gave me mingled feelings of delight and worry. Although the whole world is now one step closer to an ideal situation for studying how diseases develop, I worry about whether the U.S. can maintain its scientific and technological superiority. Many other countries have been vigorously pursuing stem-cell projects, while the U.S. government restricts the research that federally funded scientists may do in that field. I hope...
...many engineers as the U.S., and its spending on basic R&D is accelerating smartly. What's to stop innovation from breaking out all over? Skeptics have a ready answer: theft of intellectual property. Innovation depends on the value of ideas being protected, so the entrepreneur with a technological breakthrough reaps the rewards--not "six guys down the street who've stolen it," says Jim Hemerling, senior vice president of Boston Consulting Group in Shanghai. In the past two years, companies from General Motors to Sony to Cisco have complained about intellectual-property theft. China's State Intellectual Property Office...
...with the longest knife will rule. Instead of trying to force democracy where it cannot take root, at a cost of thousands of lives, we should choose our man in the region and make sure he has the longest knife. Peter E. Goldman Surfside, Florida, U.S. The Stem-Cell Breakthrough "Inside the Korean Cloning Lab" [May 30] reported that South Korean scientists have created human stem-cell lines that are perfectly matched to the dna of human patients. That story gave me mingled feelings of delight and worry. Although the whole world is now one step closer to an ideal...