Word: mads
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Isaacson argued cogently for dialogue with Iran and then sabotaged his arguments by name calling. Does it promote fruitful dialogue to call President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "mad" and say he sounds "like a lunatic"? Has Ahmadinejad done anything remotely as mad and lunatic as invading Iraq? Demonizing and name calling are what have got us into this horrific mess in the Middle East. Carl J. Ekberg Purgitsville, West Virginia...
...navigate Google Earth's virtual globe. PC gamers are comfortable moving through 3D environments with just mouse and keyboard. They don't need any help swooping and diving around Google Earth like Superman. I guess I'm more of a Lex Luthor: it took the assistance of a mad scientist's tiny rubber-and-metal device for me to glide from here to there...
...Mad Cow Disease, bad spinach and terrorists don't have me worried. What really scares me is the decreased civility in U.S. culture. My car has become a target for other drivers on the road, just as my body has become a target for other people during the walk to the office. GREGORY A. RETTER Indianapolis...
Walter Isaacson argued cogently for dialogue with Iran about stabilizing Iraq and then sabotaged his valid arguments by name calling [Dec. 4]. Does it promote fruitful dialogue to call Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "mad" and declare that he sounds "like a lunatic"? Has Ahmadinejad done anything remotely as mad and lunatic as invading and occupying Iraq or bombing Lebanon? Demonizing and name calling are what have got us into this horrific mess in the Middle East. CARL J. EKBERG Purgitsville, W.Va...
...young son trudge across the burnt landscape of a world that has committed suicide in some catastrophe. This could be Mad Max, or it could be Samuel Beckett; it's certainly as thrilling as the one and as emotionally costly as the other. Just keep telling yourself, It's only a novel, it's only a novel...