Word: lande
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Despite the North Korean government's announcement on April 4 that it no longer recognizes the no-man's land dividing the two Koreas and that its troops began to stage military activities in the DMZ, the situation, to our relief, did not get immediately serious. Although the military leaders of both sides had called for the highest alertness of their armed forces, the international community has not viewed this somewhat routine violation from North Korea with particular alarm, and the United States downplayed the chances of a second Korean War. Let us hope that all of North Korea...
...there are problems and contradictions with these groups associating themselves with the Unabomber--they further the negative image that they are already given. The Unabomber, according to his manifesto, supports a complete renunciation of society. "The Bomb" wants us to return to nature and live off of the land...
...exerts substantial influence over the grain supply, and in recent years its demand for feed grain has outstripped domestic supply. In recent years, China has become the world's largest importer of American wheat. One reason is modernization. As Asian countries like China, Japan, Vietnam and Korea industrialize, less land is cultivated for grain crops, and the populations begin to adopt Western-style diets rich in meat and eggs. The upshot: grain supplies drop and prices rise. "What this may mean for American consumers," says TIME's Tom Curry, "Is that, even though the grain itself is only 18 cents...
...with Bosnia, Rwanda and the hundreds of other less publicized places where war, torture and oppression rule, it seems that today's world isn't all that different from the one of some 50 years ago. I thought I would be fighting not for peace in a foreign land but for such causes as freedom of speech on the Internet. Unfortunately, the fight for peace is far from being won, if it isn't already lost. DANIL HIRIDJEE Paris...
...seems that in the land of artifice, only a chump would accept sorrow at face value. It's soft to let the dead rest in peace for a few days and naive not to administer the equivalent of a Breathalyzer for grief. The President often exhibits an overabundance of emotion. But in any other place, a person would be granted a presumption of sincerity if a dear friend and indispensable colleague had finally met a mountain he couldn't move...