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...half-century after the Korean War, THE PENTAGON has just revised the number of Americans killed in the conflict, from 54,246 to 36,940. It seems that the higher figure--endorsed by the Encyclopaedia Britannica and engraved on the five-year-old KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL on the National Mall in Washington--cropped up shortly after both sides declared a truce in 1953 and has been repeated, erroneously, ever since...
Under the heading "Crimes and Punishments (Primitive and Savage)," the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics lists possible methods of execution: "Decapitation, strangulation, hanging, stabbing or spearing, cudgelling or flagellation, impalement, crucifixion, drowning, burning, flaying alive, burying alive, throwing from a height, stoning, sending the criminal to sea in a leaky canoe, cutting in two, lopping off the limbs. ... In certain regions where cannibalism prevails, criminals are killed and eaten." One method calls for crocodiles...
...world is divided between those who consider anger to be a form of temporary insanity and those who believe it to be a sign of strength of character, a weapon in the hands of the righteous, an instrument of justice. The Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics says primly that "anger... is found in the divine character, as it is always found in any strong human character...
...encyclopaedia goes on to describe divine wrath: "He is the covenant God of his people. He seeks their salvation. If he is angry, it is when the conditions under which alone he can work out that salvation are infringed, and his purpose of mercy is imperiled...
KNOWLEDGE TO GO The venerable Encyclopaedia Britannica (founded 1768) announced last week that it would make its entire contents--all 44 million words--available on the popular Palm VII handheld computer, via the Palm VII's wireless Internet connection and a free program called Britannica Traveler (downloadable at palm.net) Surfers already have access to the encyclopedia at Britannica.com Now, with the pocket-size Palm VII, they'll be able to browse all 32 of Britannica's volumes wherever they go, from Aachen to Zwickau...