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...operating in a world that is filled with a variety of threats," Albright said. "But that doesn't mean that we can crawl into an ostrich-like mode. We are eagles...
...When I moved to San Francisco in April, Pacific Bell was all over the airwaves with a spot that spoofed life in a cable-modem world, where neighbors have to share Internet bandwidth and end up fighting one another during prime time because their service has slowed to a crawl. This, the ad said, is why you should instead get the superfast phone technology DSL (Digital Subscriber Line). For $40 or more a month, it's supposed to let you surf at around 30 times the speed of a 56K modem and talk on the phone at the same time...
...wonder that Annan's "moral world view" "terrifies the Chinese," "unnerves the Russians" and "bothers the U.S."? Annan confronts some of the world's most evil men and governments with courage, dignity and compassion. Thanks to his father's advice ("Don't crawl"), the Kofi Doctrine that sovereignty is not a shield may well slow the killing in trouble spots around the world. Annan has only to bear up under accusations of being naive. FRANK BERTRAND Eugene...
...gingerly avoiding confrontations with President Clinton and Congress over explosive issues such as arms control, U.S. dues, Iraq sanctions, NATO forces in Kosovo, the Secretary-General seems to have become little more than an errand boy for the U.S. government. Mr. Annan, follow your father's advice: "Don't crawl." The future of the world may depend on it. THOMAS PRINDIVILLE HIGGINS Ventura, Calif...
...handed the torch after a tantalizing relay around the stadium, from Raelene Boyle and Betty Cuthbert, to Dawn Fraser, Shirley Strickland, Shane Gould and Debbie Flintoff-King. And then an eternity it really seemed, as the flaming cauldron wobbled above Freeman's head, stopped, then began its agonizingly slow crawl up the 70-meter waterfall. A small engineering problem had caused "some extraordinary adrenaline rushes" among the organizers, said master of ceremonies Ric Birch. But by evening's end, the ring of fire was in place, and with it burned all the promise of the 27th Olympiad...