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...When the Earth Moved This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1956 revolt against Hungary's communist government and its Soviet-imposed policies. What began as a heroic student demonstration ended tragically with a Soviet invasion. TIME's Nov. 5, 1956, story described the hopeful beginnings of the uprising...
Hoffman said, “I want to commend the committee, which did a heroic job. I want to haggle. We will haggle. We always haggle. But I think they had it right...
Zach represents what used to be the cutting edge in pediatrics: the heroic effort to keep younger and younger babies alive. Today neonatal specialists can ensure the survival of up to 95% of infants born preterm. But as Dr. William Callaghan of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Reproductive Health puts it, "We're reaching down to the limits of our viability." That is why he, like many other experts in the field, is advocating a shift in focus from survival to prevention...
...naïve pawns of Palestinian extremists looking to garner sympathy from the Western media. This sentiment was probably best expressed by a Hamas activist, who said of Corrie: “Her death serves me more than it served her. Going in front of the tanks was heroic. Her death will bring more attention than the other 2,000 martyrs...
Rachel Corrie deserves to be remembered as another tragic casualty in a war that has consumed so many lives, not as the idealized heroic freedom fighter that “My Name is Rachel Corrie” presents her to be. It is only when those on both sides of the conflict can shed this kind of misplaced idealization that a true peace settlement will be possible...