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...paradigm of national security is changing,” he said. “No longer can states presume to provide for their security and well being without regard for the security of others in more distant lands...
...Minnesota, U.S. In past wars, enemy soldiers would surrender readily to our forces because they knew we treated prisoners decently. At the end of World War II, for example, German troops would surrender to Americans to avoid falling into the hands of Russians, who might have imprisoned them in distant camps from which they might never return. Now the U.S.'s enemies will certainly think twice before surrendering, choosing instead to fight to the death while taking with them as many Americans as possible. Richard Hornby Pasadena, California, U.S. The Cost of Iraq's Elections Some observers think the triumph...
Princeton came out ahead, pacing the competition with 444 points after day one. Harvard’s 415 points were good for second place, and Columbia rounded out the top three, a distant third with 267 points...
Ongoing through June. Painted by a Distant Hand: Mimbres Pottery of the American Southwest. The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon...
...experimental human vaccine for bird flu, and has made plans to stockpile 4 million doses. But if bird flu evolves into a pandemic, there's no guarantee this vaccine would stop a new strain. Despite that threat, a wide perception persists that the disease remains only a distant worry. That complacency is both understandable and dangerous. "A problem in a remote part of the world becomes a world problem overnight," Dr. Julie Gerberding, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters last week. If so, the blind faith of a Cambodian chicken seller...