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Why, one might ask, is this close encounter different from any other? Well, because Firmage, 28, is an Internet whiz kid whose consulting company, USWeb, is worth about $2 billion. And because Firmage last week published a 240-page version of his magnum opus, The Truth, on his website. And...
Ten hours later, as Wilkinson debarks in Marietta, Ohio, Spanky Duley and some other deckhands request a sermon the next time the chaplain comes on. He mulls Mark 4: 35, in which Jesus and the disciples, crossing the Sea of Galilee to preach on the far shore, encounter a storm...
The English and French met memorably on the battlefield of Agincourt. During the Civil War, the North and South shed fraternal blood at Gettysburg. For many parents and children, the encounter over homework bears the mark of a similar armed struggle: Who is in control? What weapons should be used...
Not, let me insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.'s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up we decide C-. (Harvard being Harvard, we do not give D...
From a global standpoint Europe's resistance to genetically modified crops is a peculiar case: a complex amalgam of bad timing, conspiracy theories and allegiance to traditions, with perhaps a dash of economic protectionism thrown in. Yet the Continental food fight that continues to pitch up scare headlines in Europe...