Word: iiis
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Even Bush’s own science advisor, John H. Marburger III, seems to be having trouble with Bush’s disregard for the future of scientific research in America. He is certain that Bush “really believes that science is important,” but the best he could come up with to defend the science budget was the assertion that although the budget is “austere, we are not going backward.” Sadly, we are not going forward either...
Warren House is unknown to all but a small handful of Harvard students who’ve endeavored to do something crazy like learn a Celtic language (see the Welsh dictionary against the back wall: Volume III is M through Rhywyr). But that doesn’t mean the circa 1833 piece of architecture must remain obscure. Stroll right in, as FM did—just don’t try to use the antique toilet...
...Jack L. Goldsmith III, Professor...
...Samuel P. Huntington, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor...
King Mswati III of Swaziland has always had extravagant tastes. But as the tiny southern African kingdom sinks deeper into poverty and an AIDS crisis, the latest royal purchases - 10 new BMW X5 4.4i sport-utility vehicles, worth around $800,000, one for each of his 10 official wives - must qualify as a personal best. Africa's last absolute ruler presides over a land where 70% live in destitution and 38.8% are infected with HIV, the world's worst rate. And ordinary Swazis are increasingly fed up with Mswati's gold-plated insensitivity, profligate spending and authoritarian ways, says...