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...limits on Russian influence were made clear in July 2000 when Kim Jong-il pulled a fast one on Russia's then-rookie President Vladimir Putin. Back then, Kim told Putin - who visited Pyongyang en route to his debut G8 summit in Okinawa - that North Korea would scrap its missile programs if other countries agreed to blast its satellites into orbit for the purposes of "peaceful space exploration." Putin tried to play Kim's statement as a trump card in his case against Washington's plans to develop a national missile defense system. But, the following month, the North Korean...
...phone rang at 3 A.M. the other day. As calls at that hour go, it wasn't so terrible. No one I know had been rushed to the hospital. This was an emergency of another sort: my credit was under attack, and I needed to act fast...
Thanks for taking the time to point out what too often gets lost in today's climate of paranoia: people worry about the wrong things [Dec. 4]. I race motorcycles, so I often hear ill-informed proclamations about the danger I face. I contend that fast food and tobacco are much more likely to kill you than riding is. My father always said, "You can do safe things dangerously and dangerous things safely," and when you consider that nearly half of fatalities from motorcycle accidents involve alcohol, my odds improve. Add a helmet and other protective gear, and my odds...
...WENT DOWNHILL SO FAST...
...longevity of the institution is concerned, I certainly respect Harvard more than Dunkin’ Donuts being that Harvard is an educational institution and Dunkin’ Donuts is a fast food agency,” Maxson said. “And I think it is a sad statement on American values if Dunkin’ Donuts is ranked higher...