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...conduct life, not to practice brutal cruelty. Terrorism feeds on ignorance. Fanatic religious clerics, hiding their real agenda, motivate uneducated teenagers in pursuit of grandiose dreams of power, lying to them about pleasures to come for sacrificing their earthly life for one in heaven. Such unbelievable dogma turns decent young people into murderers who will have to answer for their terrible crimes against humanity. Robert Kennedy Fraser Harrogate, England Bush's Military Record Those who did not live through the Vietnam era should not criticize Bush's record in the National Guard [Sept. 20]. Nearly everyone who could...
WITH STOCKS SPUTTERING AGAIN, investors of all stripes are flocking to a familiar fad: hedge funds, which are supposed to deliver decent gains even in bad markets. Yet the "gold-rush mentality," warns William Donaldson, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), not only threatens our retirement savings but also could one day destabilize the world's money system...
...sense of wonder Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn may have taken the cheap option on that Vespa in Roman Holiday, but in the real world a stay in the Italian capital could empty your pockets, especially if you're traveling with kids. A couple of double rooms in a decent, centrally-located hotel will set you back at least €400 a night. So Residence Barberini is a pleasant surprise: for €250 to €375 a night, depending on the season, you get a suite of two rooms, a kitchen and a large marble bathroom, plus access...
This is a decent (B/B+) reason to concentrate in film studies regardless of whether you plan a career in film or film studies. But it may ultimately be a better reason for “the world” than for you, the citizen, and it may leave out the transformative experiences that drove your educational choices. In any case, it is not the way I would choose a concentration at Harvard...
...Briton Andrew Black was making a decent enough living as a professional gambler, concentrating mainly on playing bridge and betting on horses. But he was dissatisfied with traditional bookmakers. By the time they build in their margins, says Black, 41, "you've got to be 20% smarter to make money. And if [you] make a mistake, [you] can't trade out of it. I thought, 'There's got to be a better...