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...exhibition in Moscow of the gold treasures unearthed by Heinrich Schliemann [ARCHAEOLOGY, April 22], I was surprised that part of the article seemed to be a propaganda tool for Turkey to claim ownership. There was no ancient Turkey, and the ancestors of the modern-day Turks did not inhabit the Turkish coast, also known as Asia Minor, in ancient times. So do these artifacts truly belong to the Turkish nation? German and Turkish claims on the Trojan antiquities certainly ring hollow, particularly when you consider that the frieze of the Parthenon and other sculptures taken from the Acropolis in Athens...
...PRESUMPTUOUS TO ASSUME THAT this speck in the universe we inhabit should be the only one with intelligent life on it [SPACE, Feb. 5]. Among the many billions of heavenly bodies, there have to be a large number on which life exists, and many on which beings may have evolved beyond our level. It is conceivable that such beings have had a close look at us and turned away. There may be a message out there in space: "Hey, guys, as you explore other planets to visit or colonize, stay away from one. The dominant species there is vicious, killing...
...HAVE BARELY BEGUN TO DISCOVER life on our own planet, and time is running out. Not even half the plants and animals that inhabit Earth have been discovered and cataloged. Should we be spending billions of dollars trying to find life in space when our own planet's life-forms are disappearing before our eyes? CHRISTOPHER M. HECKSCHER Dover, Delaware...
...appears that prejudice will not be eliminated until the Last Judgment. Or does Professor Kilson mean that the mature stage will be around the year 2070, when the last Civil Rights widow tells all--that is, when the victims of broadly institutionalized American racism no longer inhabit the earth...
...government's bellicose posturing is alienating many Serbs who inhabit the suburbs surrounding Sarajevo. Thousands have already left, and others say they will flee when the Muslims assume full control over their neighborhoods on March 20. Such anxiety is only exacerbated by the government's reluctance to pass an amnesty law for Serbs and Croats who fought against the Muslims in the war. The law, which is essential for reconciliation between the rival ethnic camps, failed to pass muster in Bosnia's parliament last month. It will be reviewed this week...