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The U.S. now has the most powerful, best-equipped armed forces in the world and the capacity to destroy the entire Korean peninsula while the first North Korean missile would still be en route to the American continent. Presently, there is no way to intercept such a missile in flight...

Author: By Gernot Wagner, | Title: Setting National Security Priorities | 1/10/2001 | See Source »

While touring the State department, Powell showed a particular interest in Africa. It might be a long shot to expect the Bush administration to classify another epidemic or even an environmental problem like global warming as security threats to the U.S., but we can always hope. Perhaps Powell at least...

Author: By Gernot Wagner, | Title: Setting National Security Priorities | 1/10/2001 | See Source »

Carroll's book, however, is not just a polemic; his literary gifts enable him to produce a coherent narrative studded with arresting cameos and acute analysis. His plot, highly simplified, runs as follows: Jesus' first mourners, who considered themselves Jewish, engaged in earnest critiques of their faith; but the authors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Church as Sinner | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

The year 2000 was not the best of times for tyranny. True, Saddam Hussein began to shake off the shackles of world sanctions, all the while restocking his arsenal with the nastiest of weapons, unfettered and unwatched. Against all expectations, however, Yugoslavia's strongman, Slobodan Milosevic, vanished--poof!--from power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year in the World | 12/31/2000 | See Source »

That impressive wingspan will enable most in the U.S. and elsewhere around the world to spot it with the naked eye, provided they know when to look. The best time to see the station--which will resemble an extremely bright star flying west to east--will be shortly after dusk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Coming Soon to the Skies Near You | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

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