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...Even as the President spoke, the second front opened. Having hit the country's financial and cultural heart, the killers went for its political and military muscles. David Marra, 23, an information-technology specialist, had turned his BMW off an I-395 exit to the highway just west of the Pentagon when he saw an American Airlines jet swooping in, its wings wobbly, looking like it was going to slam right into the Pentagon: "It was 50 ft. off the deck when he came in. It sounded like the pilot had the throttle completely floored. The plane rolled left...
...disagree that the information highway had a "construction error" exploited by the authors of the Code Red virus [TECHNOLOGY, Aug. 20]. The fundamental structure of the Internet was not the problem in this case. It was Microsoft's error that resulted in a security hole. Perhaps it is time that Microsoft stop focusing on swallowing yet another segment of the electronics market and instead make sure its 300 million-plus current customers will have secure, uncompromised computers when they wake up tomorrow. ABE JELLINEK Newton, Mass...
Condoleezza Rice has a reputation for toughness, and in the first seven months of the Administration she has lived up to it. Originally pegged as a peacemaker between hard-liners and moderates, Rice turned out to be the driving force behind the Administration's early "my-way-or-the-highway" tone on such issues as Russia, North Korea and the Kyoto protocol on climate change. A diplomat meeting with her last spring complained that for the U.S. to drop Kyoto would set the fight against global warming back 10 years. Rice thought that was one more reason not to delay...
...Singaporean cabinet includes a minister of horticulture, whose job is to ensure that there are as many flowering plants as possible throughout the city; as a result, there are beautiful flowers throughout Singapore all year, and the main highway running from Changi airport to the business district has approximately 12 miles of flowers running down the center. And each year you own a car in Singapore, the tax levied on it increases, so that shiny new cars displace ratty old ones on the road...
...when you’re driving down the highway in your new car, Big Brother swings back into action. There are signs along the highway informing you of highway conditions further along the road and the best ways to avoid traffic snags. If you feel the need to get where you’re going a little faster than is allowed, the police will not pull you over—I didn’t see any police presence the entire time I was in Singapore—instead, they’ll just mail you a ticket. The apparatus...