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...President's decision to invade Iraq was based on credible intelligence. TIME seems to believe that the U.S. is omniscient and knows our enemies' every move and intention. There are terrorists who wish to destroy America and all freedom-loving people. Bush acted decisively in leading our efforts to go after al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and topple a tyrannical psychopath in Iraq. America is safer today than it was three years ago, but further struggles and sacrifices lie ahead. Bob Jones Yardley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 3/8/2004 | See Source »

...attempt to destroy the virus at its source, a students who reports having an infected computer is immediately removed from Harvard’s network...

Author: By Claire G. Friedman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Virus Mimics Harvard Server | 3/4/2004 | See Source »

...destruction of cultural capital in the name of war is, of course, nothing new. In perhaps the most famous example, a Venetian cannonball destroyed a large section of the Athenian Parthenon in 1687 after the besieged Turks had turned it into a powder magazine. Victorious forces often purposefully destroy cultural icons and monuments in order to demoralize the conquered, highlighting the difference between cultural and political capital—I am sure nobody at the U.N. Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization cried as the U.S. Marines toppled the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad’s Firdos Square. Other...

Author: By Nicholas R. Smith, | Title: A Call to Art | 2/27/2004 | See Source »

...might that happen? One of the most potent weapons produced by macrophages and other inflammatory cells are the so-called oxygen free radicals. These highly reactive molecules destroy just about anything that crosses their path - particularly DNA. A glancing blow that damages but doesn't destroy a cell could lead to a genetic mutation that allows it to keep on growing and dividing. The abnormal growth is still not a tumor, says Lisa Coussens, a cancer biologist at the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco. But to the immune system, it looks very much like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: The Fires Within | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

Like other white-skinned, sharp-tongued rappers to achieve recent success (Slug of Atmosphere, El-P, Sage Francis), Eyedea is used to hearing the inevitable (but unwarranted) comparisons with Eminem, he of the multi-platinum vitriolic psycho babble. But categories are exactly what Eyedea wants to destroy, a goal that he continues to pursue on the just released E and A—a carnivalesque party record that playfully combines the dazzling record scratching (of his DJ, Abilities) with his own lyrical acrobatics. The sharp meditations, smooth sampling and trippy beats are signs of a polished emergent star aiming...

Author: By Alex L. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eyedea Rebuilds Underground Hip-hop from the Beat Up | 2/20/2004 | See Source »

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