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...this country, anyway. But other nations, realizing how successful the U.S. model of scientific research has been, have begun to copy it in earnest. Finland decided back in the 1970s to focus on electronics and a handful of other high-tech industries, and now has the most research scientists per capita in the world. South Korea decided to concentrate on reproductive technology, and although the research of superstar Hwang Woo Suk has been exposed as mostly fraudulent, the country has plenty of other world-class experts in cloning and stem-cell research...
...years later, our newest fix of pessimism. Why? Our economic growth rate is second in the West only to tiny Finland's. It's probably just a symptom of $3 gasoline. Nonetheless, it's back. This time it's not Russia or Japan but other inscrutable foreigners, Indian and Chinese. What was once rather unkindly said about Brazil--"the country of the future and always will be"--I say of them. I'm not worried...
...without warrants and a President who clearly breaks the law are things that would never be accepted in Europe. I hope the American people know what they have got themselves into. History has shown that men do not easily give up power once they have it. Henrik Segersven Espoo, Finland Sure, the domestic-surveillance program makes sense for protecting Americans. But what if it results in throwing even more people into the prison at Guantánamo or perhaps the invasion of yet another Middle Eastern country? Then we might discover that such U.S. actions were also based on faulty...
...either. Wiretaps without warrants and a President who breaks the law are something that would never be accepted in Europe. I hope the American people know what they have got themselves into. Men do not easily give up power once they have got it. HENRIK SEGERSVEN Espoo, Finland...
...every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder found an almost unique experience: the five-year-old facility is one of only two in the world dedicated entirely to espionage, and features artifacts, interactive displays, films, video and historic photos (the other is in Tampere, Finland). Exhibits show how to create and hide coded messages, tell the story of celebrity spies such as master chef Julia Child and Hollywood star Marlene Dietrich, and offer a glimpse of espionage in biblical times. Donaldson saw items ranging from a 1777 letter by George Washington authorizing a network...