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...Interventionism, a collection of essays by Noam Chomsky, the renowned American linguistics professor and longtime thorn in the side of U.S. policymakers. Tas avoided conviction and a year in prison, observers agree, mainly because Chomsky had flown into Istanbul to stand by his side, prompting the prosecutor - in the glare of negative publicity - to throw in the towel...
Nobody ever said that protecting the public's health was an easy job--whether it's being done quietly and invisibly in peaceful times, or hurriedly and worriedly in the glare of media attention. But experts agree that the weaknesses exposed in the wake of the anthrax attacks must be fixed--and in such a way that a newly nimble system can handle both the sudden emergency and the everyday job of fostering national wellness. "For the last 20 years we've neglected public health," says Tennessee Senator Bill Frist, the Senate's only physician. The terrorist attacks have "shocked...
...Baghran is along a dry riverbed; with vehicles negotiating fields of rough river stones, inconvenient boulders, dusty sand banks and pools of cold water. It's slow, slow going. On either side sheer mountains glare down like surly sentinels. Villages are few. At times we drove up from the river and across low folds of hills where endless gullies and draws make for good ambush. No wonder the Russians could never capture Baghran. A Soviet tank, ruptured by rockets, rusts at one turn; a scant reminder of a failed campaign...
...usually starts with a bumped shoulder or a stomped-on foot amid the thick smoke and boozy haze of a Bangkok disco. Then comes the chilling glare and the sudden appearance of men in black safari suits?often moonlighting cops or soldiers. But the sure sign there is about to be trouble?a merciless beating, a pistol-whipping or a shooting?is when the offended party with a chest full of gold chains asks: "Do you know who my father...
...usual, Spergel knew very little when he began. So, he says, "I got a book and taught myself optics." The result: a revolutionary idea for a telescope that could spot a dim planet in the glare of a bright star, potentially saving NASA billions of dollars and advancing the search for undiscovered planets as much as a decade. "I love exploring the frontiers of science," says Spergel. "I try to choose projects where the answers will be exciting not only for my colleagues but also for everybody else...