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...Kyoto accord is not about saving the earth. It is about saving humankind for a while longer before accelerated climate change wipes out the not-very-wise Homo sapiens. If we were really smart, we would take into account our track record of raping the earth and devise an exit strategy for our self-indulgent species, leaving the planet to the invertebrates to carry on without us. Tim Symonds Burwash, England Calling the Kettle Black? re The viewpoint by terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna on the Maoist insurgents in Nepal [Feb. 14]: The counsel to Nepal's King was typical...
When thunderous applause continued after his stage-right exit, Barlow wearily returned for an encore, taking requests one last time. After listening to the shouting for a minute, he declared that none of the requests inspired him, and so instead strummed his way through “Home,” the closest thing to a title track on the new album. His whispered mantra, “Nothing good can come to someone pretending he’s alone,” came across as a hard-earned lesson from a man who has finally found peace...
...different Bush and a different doctrine. What changed the climate in the Middle East was not just the U.S. invasion and show of arms. It was U.S. determination and staying power, and the refusal of its people last November to turn out a President who rejected an "exit strategy" but pledged instead to remain until Iraqi self-governance was secure...
...dismay to many victims' families. Martin Soto-Fong was 17 in 1992 when he and two accomplices robbed the El Grande Market in Tucson, Ariz., for $300 and shot three workers. Richard Gee, who lost a brother and an uncle that day, is not happy to see the murderer exit death row. "We had him at the gates of hell," he says, "and he got kicked back." --With reporting by Eric Ferkenhoff/ Chicago, Wendy Grossman/Houston and Stacy J. Willis/Las Vegas
...exit survey last year showed that students graduate with an average credit card debt of about $1200, though the Office of Financial Aid estimates that the figure is actually higher, according to Donahue...