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Alleging a "banquet feast of corruption" in the national political scene, former California governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. attacked media, government and big business during a discussion at the Kennedy School of Government yesterday...
There always exists an overlooked aspect to every scientist and theory, according to Gould. Edmund Halley, for example, didn't just gaze skyward. He actually suggested a possible method of measuring the Earth's age by comparing river salt levels. Though the theory is flawed. Gould praises Halley's early efforts at such an important task, as he is careful to honor each of the characters in the history of science he discusses...
There's a certain beauty, a certain crystal purity, in the idea that the president, free from all political obligations and consequences, would for once use American military might for a strictly humanitarian purpose. Perhaps Bush now gives us the leadership that Edmund Burke advocated: intelligent, deliberative, a product of judgement that stands firm against volatile public opinion...
...pooling resources. Before most of the new partnerships can get off the ground, though, they must navigate the thicket of trade restrictions that still restrain international airline traffic. Many governments fear that foreign carriers are gaining too great an advantage in their markets, undermining local jobs and revenues. Says Edmund Greenslet, publisher of the Airline Monitor, a trade publication: "National feelings about airlines obviously trigger more passion than TVs and automobiles. Airlines are a highly symbolic way of establishing national identity in the world...
...Polar Star, touches the imagination in a powerful, brooding way that seems very Russian. Give or take Richard Price's Clockers, a story of New Jersey cops and dope sellers that has some of the same strengths, it may be the best thriller to appear in several years. But Edmund Wilson's contemptuous dismissal of detective stories still lashes: Is it feebleminded to care who killed Roger Ackroyd...