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...over¬confident [March 22]. In the first entry, "prophets of doom" are seen as missing the reality of American "nimbleness and adaptability." Yet your story misses the reality that America is in a governance gridlock, which raises serious questions about the nation's ability to cope with current crises like debt, unemployment, the terrorist threat and a diminished competitive position globally. William Gruber, LEXINGTON, MASS...
Lind sounds like the patent-office guy who wanted to close up shop because he thought everything that was going to be invented had been invented. Hasn't he ever heard of nanotechnology? The cool phones he mentions are only one product of this exciting, growing field of study. Carl Paulson, LEWISTON, IDAHO...
...enough. Your authors are policy advisers, economists and experts who present a materialistic view of the world. There is no philosopher, no artist, no musician. By neglecting nonmaterialistic values, you present rather a narrow and lopsided view of the future. And I would ask, is a future that looks like this really worth living in? Hans Gerbig, GERSTHOFEN, GERMANY...
...Bajaj scooter. In north India, marriages meant a Bajaj scooter as dowry, Bajaj has said. Tejinder Singh, a retired brigadier in the Indian army, remembers his first Bajaj scooter that he bought with a loan of $70 in 1973. In those days of bicycles, a scooter felt like a royal luxury. "Riding in the night, with my wife at the back, her hands gently holding me was the most romantic feeling," he says...
...Like many, Singh progressed from his Bajaj to an M-800 in 1987. "I was an army major by then and it was only fit that I should buy the M-800," says Singh. "It was not only a status symbol, but a vehicle of the times." He drove the little car for nearly two decades, and says it witnessed a major portion of his life story. "My children and grandchildren have all been part of that experience. If my wife were alive today she would have never allowed me to sell it," he says. "To this date, I associate...