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Global warming, tanker spills in Alaska, the Gulf War: the thread running through all these tragic events is America's dependence on oil. Will a former oilman from Texas, George W. Bush [CAMPAIGN 2000, June 21], lead America to a future of alternative fuels? Where does his allegiance lie? In...
Peer pressure rears its head in other ways as well. What does it take to "fit in" at school? Kids ages 9 to 11 say it's being a good friend, being good at sports and being funny or popular. But kids in the 12- to 14 group have different...
There is concern that the preoccupation with zero casualties may boomerang. "Force protection has taken on a higher degree of importance than the other battlefield dynamics of firepower, leadership and maneuver, and has often stifled the flexibility of the operational commander," retired Army Colonel Max Manwaring wrote recently. The U.S...
What should you talk about? Start with how money was treated in your family. Was the emphasis on saving? Or did you live in a free-spending environment? Did you work as a teen? Pay your way through college? Values are often handed down. Understand your partner's financial roots...
Mbeki?s emphasis on social inequality reflects a widespread sense among his party?s support base that the remarkable national reconciliation authored by Mandela has done little thus far to alleviate the grinding poverty suffered by the black majority even as most white people enjoy lifestyles equivalent to those of...