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...Genius. All us eggheads in the punditocracy have spent weeks wondering how the Bush campaign would gloss over his amiable dimness. In fact - and this may be the insight that gets the man elected - they've made it a selling point. This is a man who falteringly reads a letter written to him by grade-schoolers - "We hope that you will make the world safer. And that there will be no more bad guys" - and sound as if he wrote it himself. And yet, in Dan Quayle this was frightening; in George W. Bush, to some huge chunk...
What's next after genetic decoding? Will we be able to control our feelings and desires? Will we control every aspect of our lives? The discovery will surely help scientists gain more insight into diseases such as cancer and AIDS, but will people use this to benefit others or simply to create the "perfect" person? SOPHIA MALIK Dallas...
Clark has a personal insight into why some tech multimillionaires postpone serious charitable giving. At one point in 1998, he watched the value of his Netscape stock erode from $2 billion to $200 million. And other wealthy techies have seen similar wild swings in their personal fortunes. Explains Clark: "When you see your net worth drop like that, you think, 'If this keeps going, I'm going to have to sell my airplane...
...high school is over for all of us, to the chagrin of some and to the joy of others. Indeed, it is not the myriad internships and jobs themselves that are the culprits. They truly are great opportunities that help students learn more about the world and gain deeper insight into a specific field...
...fact, there are moments (as when Gore speaks... slowly... and... heavily.... to... grown... men... and... women... so... that... you'd... swear... he... was... trying... to... explain... Wittgenstein... to... three... year... olds) when you have the disconcerting thought that the vice president may come from Mars. With Sheppard's insight, we may imagine simply that Gore comes from Ottawa. It is a less dislocating thought. The Coneheads sought to offer the same reassurance when they explained that they came "from France...