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...kind of disjunction in this approach that was nervous making. With the meanest of faces--in the person of special envoy Richard Holbrooke--NATO was telling Milosevic that a failure to comply with alliance wishes meant it would hit him with everything. And there, in the next breath, were NATO commanders confessing to all the world on CNN that everything really meant almost everything. If the U.S. Senate and the American people felt uneasy about Kosovo, it wasn't simply unfamiliarity; the Administration's confusion of ends and means was worrisome as well...
Finally, books about women by women. Now if we could only replace the testosterone-laden politicians and ceos with these enlightened beings, the world might lose some of its tribal and violent ways. Should I hold my breath? DON RICHARDS Edmonton, Alta...
Before Cousteau, undersea exploration was limited by the length of a human breath or the tether on a diving helmet. His co-invention of the Aqua-Lung in 1943 freed us to roam the ocean depths--like an "archangel" flying through the heavens, as he put it. Maker of more than 150 films, beginning with his Oscar-winning The Silent World in 1956, Cousteau revealed a flotilla of wondrous creatures to an audience that was instantly entranced. In his last book, Man, Octopus and Orchid, published shortly after his death in 1997 at the age of 87, Cousteau summed...
...matters of pressing concern in Burma and China! Those are, after all, the issues which our council members were elected to address; and Capitol Hill surely awaits their pronouncement with bated breath. While neither of us is quite sure where we stand on these issues, we can't wait to see what the council decides for us on our behalf. And we're certain that action by our commanding Undergraduate Council will be not only prudent but also effective. Chinese President Jiang Zemin must be quaking in his boots. DAVID J. MILLER '01 KAJ VAZALES '01 March...
...matters of pressing concern in Burma and China! Those are, after all, the issues which our council members were elected to address; and Capitol Hill surely awaits their pronouncement with bated breath. While neither of us is quite sure where we stand on these issues, we can't wait to see what the council decides for us on our behalf. And we're certain that action by our commanding Undergraduate Council will be not only prudent but also effective. Chinese President Jiang Zemin must be quaking in his boots...