Word: graveyard
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...Toad mania long ago. Technology is sometimes, in the end, a little stupid--as anything must be that was brilliant yesterday but was surpassed overnight--a monster that lives on a hungry, dynamic need for its own obsolescence. The universe of Gutenberg should no more be an abandoned graveyard than, say, the American city, which, a generation after World War II, seemed to be in decline and headed toward extinction. Why did we need the cities when we had the new paradise of the suburbs? Who could ask for anything more...
...people, but the earthquake has reduced it to a muddy smear. Ninety percent of its houses were obliterated. There were so few people left alive that sometimes, where you would expect to see a funeral procession, instead there would be a solitary man heading toward the graveyard, carrying on his shoulders the white shrouded body of his wife or child...
...World of Help Tim McGirk's story "Moscow's Graveyard," on how the Soviet Union's defeat in Afghanistan led to the global rise of Islamic militancy [Aug. 15-22], gave too much credit to the Afghan people in the struggle to liberate their country. The rest of the world helped: Americans, Saudis and Pakistanis all made outstanding contributions. Practically the whole world was against the Soviets. That's why they lost. Ernest Lall Taxila, Pakistan...
...will not rebuild on the beach. It is a graveyard now. I'm leaving as soon as I get my insurance settlement...
...terrible, increasing death toll in Iraq and believe that the U.S. is actually winning. That kind of thinking reminds me of the surgeon who announces, "The operation was a success, but the patient died." I suppose Rice will declare total victory when Iraq has become the world's largest graveyard. Ronald Rubin Topanga, California, U.S. Sharing Journalists' Notes Time's decision to turn over Cooper's reporting notes [July 18] is akin to negotiating with terrorists. It only emboldens enemies of the First Amendment. The issue is not about Time magazine. It is about the public trust that you hold...