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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...impact were measured only in number of lives lost, one argument goes, Hitler would fall behind his fellow despots, Stalin and Mao. There are those who insist that Hitler is not the century's dominant figure because he was simply the latest in a long line of murderous figures, stretching back to before Genghis Khan. The only difference was technology: Hitler went about his cynical carnage with all the efficiency that modern industry had perfected...
...take a Hitler, a mortal threat, to move the Allied democracies from complacent enclaves to the global powerhouses that by century's end would embrace most of the world's people? Here is a place to draw the line. "It may be true that we've got great medical breakthroughs, radar, sonar because of war," says theologian Marty, "but I don't like to make a theology out of that; it's an accidental product." Rosenbaum agrees that to focus on the benefits is to risk trivializing the tragedy itself. "There are a lot of people who want...
...crystallizes the century's chief concerns of life and art: man's existential predicament, the line between illusion and reality. And it's more fun than Waiting for Godot. RUNNERS-UP Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw; Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill...
...aided by a team of nurses, the couple provided the round-the-clock care Steven needed. Still, the strain of medical crises can take its toll. Says Susanmarie Trout, a friend of the Kelsos and herself the mother of a severely disabled teenager: "You're always walking a thin line between being able to cope and losing...
...they await a March 7 trial, the Kelsos are forbidden to have any contact with their son while authorities try to line up a suitable long-term placement. The hospital has been deluged with calls offering sympathy and support, as well as some from other parents of severely handicapped children urging that the Kelsos not be judged too harshly. Steven is medically stable, says hospital spokeswoman Terri Greenley, "but we'll keep him here to make sure he gets whatever he needs, whether it's medical care or a smile...