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Scientists and theologians squabble about the beginning of time and the universe [SPACE, June 25], but regardless of the fine points of their arguments, they are still singing from the same sheet of music: there was a beginning, and there will be an end. I believe that the universe is actually infinite in time and space. Our Big Bang was exactly that--ours. We will never discover the oldest body in the universe because we will never be able to sense its existence. It is safe to assume that there were other Big Bangs, and more will occur. LAWRENCE...
...clear growth locomotive right now," says economist David Hale of Zurich Kemper. In the past 20 years, we've got used to the idea that, at any one time, at least one of the world's three largest economies--the U.S., the European Union and Japan--would be doing fine, so that even if growth sputtered elsewhere, there wouldn't be a disaster. The global economy showed the virtues of asymmetry during the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98. Fiscal and monetary corsets constrained Europeans as they prepared for the introduction of the euro; Japan was flat on its back...
...your return to town, relax with a fine lunch or dinner with a view of the port. On the main square, try Puny or the Taverna del Marinaio (the Sailor's Tavern). While both offer excellent fish, Puny takes no credit cards, and the Taverna del Marinaio may close without notice if the owner is competing in a regatta. Though it has no view of the port, La Concordia on Via del Fondaco is a favorite of the locals. The restaurant at Hotel Splendido, high above the town, offers outdoor seating. Local specialties include pasta with pesto or with salsa...
...Tongchart's freezer holds 10 tons of boiled and freeze-dried giant water bugs, dung beetles, grasshoppers and a fine assortment of succulent worms. The 40-year-old former butcher and noodle salesman is president of United Insects of Phitsanulok, and that, he says, makes him the king bee in Thailand's estimated $50 million-a-year edible bug industry. "Business is so good that I don't have to deliver," he says. "If you want bugs, you come...
...Many journalists have speculated that high-level complicity in his smuggling enterprises ensures Veerappan will never be brought to justice. That seems fine to his fans. Despite his macabre violence, the public's fascination with a man living on the fringes seems to be growing: HarperCollins is due to release Raghuram's book internationally in early...