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Wang died at the scene of the accident. Her friend was hospitalized for minor injuries...
...against corruption could turn out to be the defining theme of a Putin presidency. The fact remains that his ascent to power has been facilitated by a group of political insiders and businessmen who have been publicly accused of corruption on a vast scale. If he hits out at minor corruption and closes his eyes to the big fish, he will do his reputation in the West incalculable damage. If he challenges the mega-corrupt, he will face the fight of his political life. After all, even a politician as experienced as Primakov was thwarted, then forced out of office...
...Internet and clicking on their shortwave radio to monitor the first Y2K rollover in Kiribati. Since 1997 the Eckharts have been stockpiling food, conducting surprise drills, practicing firearm skills, converting savings into gold coins and studying rudimentary dentistry and field medicine. "So far, it's just a minor power outage in New Zealand," Diane reports, before uttering a sentence few have ever delivered. "But we've heard nothing about Guam; it's kind of disturbing...
This unease continued through the 1920s and '30s. When Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921, the citation was for important--but by Einstein's standards comparatively minor--work also carried out in 1905. There was no mention of relativity, which was considered too controversial. I still get two or three letters a week telling me Einstein was wrong. Nevertheless, the theory of relativity is now completely accepted by the scientific community, and its predictions have been verified in countless applications...
John Cloud's article on the after-effects of the Columbine shooting and the prevalence of "zero-tolerance" policies for campus violence was one-sided [NATION, Dec. 6]. Cloud makes it seem as though schools are suspending kids left and right for minor infractions, like having blue-dyed hair. I am an 18-year-old student in my last semester of high school, and I'm not alone in thinking that getting tough with kids and having a zero-tolerance rule for weapons and violent behavior are absolutely right. Maybe the youngsters who were singled out had prior records...