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Americans consider themselves "preservers of freedom." However, throughout this century, dictators such as Anastasio Somoza, Ferdinand Marcos, Augusto Pinochet, Fulgencio Batista, Mobuto Sese Seko, "Papa" and "Baby Doc" Duvalier and dozens of others were supported by the U.S. and its "G.I. Joes." Don't forget those who were killed by...
The Noe case had been the most famous set of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) fatalities. Now it is foremost in the growing conviction that sids doesn't run in families. Federal health officials warn that when more than one child in a family dies of apparent SIDS, doctors must...
Consider the contrast between two suburbs of St. Louis. In upscale Clayton, Mo., the after-school menu is crowded with leagues and summer-camp activities ranging from baseball and martial arts to tennis and volleyball. But travel 15 minutes northwest to Clayton's working-class neighbor, the town of Jennings...
Now, I consider myself a relatively well-connected Harvard student and I must say I can't remember any ballyhoo about Cornell. I have not attended any hockey games--a fault I must live with every day and will mend in the winter--but I've been to football and...
"There?s that line in the Bible: ?Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord,?" says Dowell. "It doesn?t belong to Madeleine Albright. The U.S. wants to make Milosevic pay for what he did, but there?s a point when they have to consider Serbia?s welfare ahead of the political...