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...crisis has been years in the making. In early 2001 President George W. Bush abandoned the talks the Clinton Administration had pursued with the North. Then, last summer, the U.S. learned that Pyongyang had been secretly trying to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons all along and had bought specialized centrifuge cylinders from Pakistan. When Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly confronted North Korean officials about the program last October, they happily admitted to it, according to U.S. officials, and asked what the U.S. intended to do next...
...revive America's moribund nuclear power industry--even though the last order for a plant that actually went online was placed in 1973. It would parcel out nearly $10 billion in tax breaks and subsidies to oil and gas companies that will not erase falling production but instead enrich oilmen and investors. At the same time, the President's proposed budget slashes spending on wind research by 5.5%, zero-energy buildings by 50% and biomass by 19%. To add to the insult, the Administration took the money to print its 170-page 2001 National Energy Policy out of the budget...
...sodium cyanide?a chemical used in metal plating and gold extraction that can also be used to make nerve gas. That shipment was blocked by German and French authorities. Germany also recently blocked a North Korea-bound consignment of aluminum tubes?key components for the centrifuges used to enrich uranium to bomb-grade quality. Chinese companies have sold specialty steel to North Korea for use in its missile program, as well as gyroscopes and accelerometers (used to measure vibration and g-force) that are potential missile parts. And Russian companies are suspected of selling high-strength maraging steel?used...
...Extracurricular activities may enrich the life of this and other colleges, but college is a serious place for education. Students are drawn to Harvard with the primary expectation of receiving an education of very high caliber and, in time, an A.B. degree,” Kirby says. “I don’t believe that is an extracurricular activity...
Light says these extracurricular commitments can enrich student experience and education by offering alternatives to a structured curriculum and opportunities to develop life skills. He also surmises Harvard students appreciate the chance to “set the agenda,” an opportunity which some extracurricular activities provide. “When students are in classes they are carrying out the professor’s assignments, whereas in just about every extracurricular activity, students create their own assignments from scratch,” Light says...