Word: mortals
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...approach to life for many years has been ascetic, robust and provisional. Every mortal lives with the fact of his own death. Most people are not disabled by the thought; they are able to forget about it, on most days. We pretend we are immortal. And of course, we are... for the moment. Proceed as if, until notified otherwise. People with a history of heart attacks, like me and Cheney, do, however, listen to the engine more carefully than most drivers. We cock an ear inward. We experience, on some days, an unusual sense of vulnerability...
...gunshots in the corridors, tearjerking storylines and ever-more-Job-like afflictions for its long-suffering staff. With Anthony Edwards announcing his departure in 2002, the writers have more than a year to slowly and mawkishly kill his Dr. Mark Greene with that brain tumor. ER isn't in mortal danger (CBS says it would be content to pick up a few ratings points), but consider this CBS's chance to do good for the ER-weary by doing well for its own schedule...
...hard to explain away the Rev. Jesse Jackson's moral shortcomings [DIVIDING LINE, Jan. 29], for the simple reason that he is supposed to be aboveboard even when the lights go out, nonetheless, he should not be ostracized. We must remember that even the Pope is just another mortal being. And like others, when he says his prayers, he asks forgiveness for his shortcomings. AFOLABI KUTI Lagos, Nigeria...
Though it ruled out what had been most of Napster's case, the Feb. 12 decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was not a mortal blow to the peer-to-peer model. But the next round of Napster-inspired lawsuits, some of which are already on the horizon, will soon reveal whether the decision was a one-time strike against a poster child for music piracy--or the beginning of a long crusade against promising technological advances...
There are differences between the illiberal right and the illiberal left, of course. Ashcroft and his allies oppose gambling because they believe it endangers our mortal souls. PSLM attacks gambling because they consider it an unwise use of our money. Ultimately, I probably prefer to have someone looking out for my soul than my pocketbook. But my first choice would be neither. So I hope Harvard does not divest its holdings in our casino-loving friends. And I hope Bartley and his PSLM colleagues take a long look at what kind of liberal values they are defending...