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...feeling of powerlessness the Bomb engenders, that may be no different from the feeling of powerlessness brought by the domination of the state. Since the state controls the Bomb, it is easy to link the two as the same source of discomfort, and since the power of the state and the Bomb grew up together, they may be confused unconsciously. The trouble is that so many threats are attached to modern life that even something as blatant as a nuclear weapon cannot always be distinguished in an array that includes every terror from cancer and insanity to a telephone call...
Good money might be made in this trade. But Babcock is not in barns for the sake of business; he is in business for the sake of barns. "They are our strongest link with the colonial past," he says. "Preserving them, we preserve history; we preserve art." And sometimes, the subjects of art. From her window, Grandma Moses painted the Bakers' barn where it once stood in upstate New York, on land, it so happens, belonging to a Yankee Babcock forebear, six generations back...
...This unity presents an opportunity for the next Pope. John Paul II's great unfulfilled desire was to visit China and re-establish diplomatic relations with Beijing, giving the Vatican a direct link to China's Catholics and a greater ability to object to government repression. In return, China would demand that the Holy See break off its ties with Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a renegade province. In secret negotiations over the past decade, papal representatives cleared most obstacles to this kind of understanding, but one major sticking point has remained: the Pope's right to name bishops...
...above the competition: its superior ergonomics make it more realistic than other rowers. (Indoor rowing machines are popular because, unlike running, they exercise all the major muscle groups without impacting the joints.) The Concept2 also allows up to seven other rowers to compete in real time, via an Internet link to a computer. So when you see tired runners at the finish line, spare a thought for those going the distance without moving an inch. ($1,770; concept2.com...
After playing third base for seven innings in the second game of a double-header against Cornell, the slugging freshman phenom entered a chain-link pen surrounded by Harvard fans to prepare for a potential slide from the hot corner to the pitching mound. And whether sitting or standing, an entire audience stopped to see exactly how hard the much-heralded green-horn could bring...