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...means by a "politics of meaning," I'd probably be for it. But the kind of political morality that we need in our politics has nothing to do with sexual propriety; it consists essentially of accepting one's responsibility to participate in the direction of everyone's affairs. As Czech President Vaclav Havel has written, "If you are modest and do not lust after power, not only are you suited for politics, you absolutely belong there...
...Spielberg says, "this movie didn't need my strengths as a storyteller because the story's already been told." Here he is being too modest. It was surely the screen storyteller in him who responded to the compelling narrative strength of Thomas Keneally's novelized life of a German- Czech named Oskar Schindler, who came to Poland to make money out of its - occupation by the Nazis and stayed to preserve 1,100 Jews -- workers in the enamelware factory he established -- from the death camps...
...forward Jason Karmanos and freshman defenseman Ashland Halfnight were each named yesterday to the United States Junior National Team. The select squad will be competing in the World Junior Championships, a round-robin competition for the world's top Under-20 players to be held just outside of Prague, Czech Republic from December 26 until January...
...what is generally described as Gulf War syndrome. So far, 8,000 veterans of the war have registered their symptoms with the U.S. government. The veterans' campaign for greater official recognition of the malady was bolstered last week when the Pentagon reversed itself and accepted a report from the Czech military indicating that some of its chemical sensors detected trace amounts of mustard gas and the nerve poison sarin in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm. A team of U.S. experts determined that the Czech evidence was both reliable and convincing. The experts could not explain, however, where the toxins came...
Even if the Czech equipment did pick up traces of chemical agents, that still doesn't explain why so many other soldiers who were stationed far from the Czech position became ill. Medical experts have considered several possibilities -- everything from allergic reactions to harmful exposure to microwave radiation. Unfortunately, investigators say, none of these possible solutions fit all the facts...