Word: ideas
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...surprising that the U.S. government refuses to ban weapons. In India our forefathers would not allow a child even to pick up a toy knife or gun in a shop or play cops and robbers. The idea was that seeds of violence should never enter a child's mind. KRISHNA RAMAN Chennai, India...
...that focused on Mali [WORLD, March 30], you quoted me as saying the government here "understands human capital." To be precise, I was referring to Mali's strong social capital: "something" that makes some societies function or heal themselves better than others. Harvard professor Robert Putnam first developed the idea in the late 1980s, when comparing northern and southern Italy. Social capital is rather like the dark (missing) matter of the universe: we know it's there because we can see its consequences, but it is terribly hard to get hold of and examine under a microscope. The U.N. Development...
...designed for children ages 7 through 11, though exceptions are occasionally allowed. A $300-a-person fee covers the entire three-day Space Camp parent-child program, including meals and housing (guests stay in a dormitory-style facility and are separated by gender). Families that don't like the idea of sleeping in bunk beds can stay at any nearby hotel and join the rest of the group for programs and activities. One good bet: the Ramada Inn at Kennedy Space Center, which gives Space Camp participants a special rate ($49.50 for a double room...
Princess Diana's brother has written to the trustees of her memorial fund, asking them to wind up the charity because he believes it is degrading Diana's name, the Times of London reports. Earl Spencer "fears the fund is never going to stop, and the idea of it going on and on, making money out of the princess's name, is certainly not what she would have wanted," the Times quoted an unnamed Spencer aide as saying. The newspaper reported that Spencer has asked the nine trustees to fix a date to stop taking donations for the fund...
...there will be no agreement to anything being done on sanctions," said British ambassador Sir John Weston. The reason: Richard Butler's claim that UNSCOM has made "virtually no progress" in recent weapons inspections. Even the Russians, who are floating a resolution that would muzzle UNSCOM, balked at the idea of lifting the embargo itself...