Word: marche
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...have predicted quite accurately the challenges faced by Zhu Rongji in the years ahead [WORLD, March 16] as China's new Premier. But Zhu's greatest strength is also his weakness. He has Western fans who admire his grasp of detail, but he has only narrow support in China's bureaucracy. Leftists do not like his familiarity with market economics. Conservatives accuse him of neglecting inland provinces, and the Young Turks of Beijing are jealous of his rapid rise. All these factors make Zhu less threatening and more acceptable to President and party leader Jiang Zemin. Also, one needs...
Bill Gates' problems go beyond antitrust actions [TECHNOLOGY, March 16]. He has forgotten the true needs of his customers. Time and again, Microsoft (and many other software companies, for that matter) pushes products aimed not at better serving the customers but at maximizing earnings. New versions of software become weapons of war for gaining market share, instead of friendly tools for the users. Those of us who are company information-technology managers find ourselves having to deal with bugs in hastily manufactured products, with the cost of training and retraining and with the all too frequent need to buy updates...
Perhaps Diana's tragic death bears closer examination than some of your readers' letters would suggest [LETTERS, March 16]. As a cardiac surgeon, I would think that the way Diana was cared for should be scrutinized, especially if she was alive for well over an hour after the accident and did not suffer a head injury. There are some injuries for which immediate surgery is an essential part of the process of resuscitation. If patients with injuries such as those Diana suffered were cared for in the same way she was, all would die, when, in fact, rapid surgery could...
...intrigued by your article on U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan [WORLD, March 9]. In most south Indian dialects, annan means elder brother, someone who is older and definitely wiser. A vintage meaning, perhaps, but it is a deserved honorific for one who stands taller and sees farther than most of us. In these days of shortsighted one-upmanship, it is comforting to know we have such annans to care for us. May I take the liberty of calling the U.N. leader annan just once with the flavor of meaning of my mother tongue? UNNIKRISHNAN K. PANICKAR Kerala, India...
...Lewis Grossberger's amusing commentary [ESSAY, March 23] on the mistaken announcement by astronomers that a "Giant Killer Asteroid" is streaking toward Earth: Wouldn't it be great if more people agreed with Grossberger that we earthlings have really not accomplished much and "the end of civilization as we know it isn't such a bad idea"? We could take his advice and issue press releases saying, "Hey, we gave it our best shot, but we really weren't up to this existence business. So, we're outta here." Deep inside, you know who you are. ALAN REID Abbeydale, England...