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American science at its best derived its greatness from the bottom up; the pluralistic approach freed the best minds of several generations to pursue the questions they found most interesting. The challenge facing the Clinton Administration is to focus the scientific flashlight without leaving whole pathways to knowledge in the dark...
...pain were eerily familiar. Only last April, there were similar shots of tennis whiz Monica Seles, who was stabbed in the back in the midst of a match by a virulent fan of her rival, Steffi Graf. Seles has yet to return to competition. Her attacker was tried and freed on probation...
Deputy Attorney General Philip Heymann is drafting a list of compromise options for President Clinton in the case of JONATHAN POLLARD, the American spy for Israel serving a life term in prison. The Israelis want Pollard freed; the FBI, CIA and Pentagon bitterly oppose this. One option is a commutation of Pollard's sentence to 20 or 30 years, making him eligible for parole in a few months. The list may only be a game so Clinton can reassure Israel he considered every alternative -- it's unlikely that Clinton will free Pollard, now or later...
Philosopher Mortimer Adler attributes the fascination with angels to the intriguing idea of minds without bodies -- especially superior minds freed from the frailty and limitations of perishable bodies. "They are not merely forms of extraterrestrial intelligence," he notes. "They are forms of extra- cosmic intelligence...
When Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in South African prisons, the entire world celebrated. We paid tribute to a man who had refused to compromise his principles despite torture and deprivation. We marveled that at 71 he still had the energy, the spirit and the will to lead his organization, the African National Congress (ANC), in the struggle to restructure his country...