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...simplistic view of the world rather than on the complex realities that exist. The media have winked at this fundamental flaw, and most Americans have gone along, because they too prefer the simple illusions to the harsh facts. If the press had only held our President's feet to the fires of reality and truth, events would never have descended to their present deplorable level and both the President and the nation would have been spared this ultimate embarrassment and disgrace. Charles V. Worth Gainesville...
Nine-foot combers bore down upon seawalls, crested and broke, hurling tons of spume 20 feet or higher into the air. Water streamed down the windows of shoreside high-rises. Inside, chandeliers swayed and furniture trembled. These vivid scenes were not of a city on the Gulf Coast in the midst of a hurricane. Instead, the locale was Chicago's lakefront last week, and no hurricane was involved. The storm was just a late autumn blow...
...live along the shores of what constitutes the largest body of fresh water in the world are trying desperately to protect their property, dumping sandbags in front of their homes, even moving entire houses to higher ground. Erie, the shallowest lake, has grown especially dangerous as waves several feet high smash against homes. "We haven't had water levels like this since we started keeping records in 1860," says Philip Keillor, of the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. "And we've done a lot of building on the lake-front since then...
...comfort. Says Collinson: "We agree we can expect high lake levels for six years and possibly even a decade more." Curtis Larsen, a U.S. Geological Survey researcher who has studied the lakes' ebb and flow dating back 7,000 years, predicts Lake Michigan may ultimately reach 585 ft., three feet above this year's record breaker. If that happens, streets would be submerged, sewer systems would be badly damaged, and tens of thousands of homes would be destroyed...
...often lethargic standards of troops fighting long-running jungle wars, this N.P.A. platoon seems hyperactive. At 4 a.m., hours before daybreak, its soldiers are performing drills and martial arts in flip-flops and bare feet, then practicing grenade throwing with rocks from a nearby river. Their entire week is plotted out: from Monday to Friday, there's military and medical training, plus basic education and indoctrination sessions; weekends are devoted to food production and cultural activities. Even off duty, the platoon stays on message, gathering around a guitar to sing rebel songs or-possibly for the benefit of the platoon...