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...crucial part of any case -- what he called the nub. In pursuit of that, he was brilliantly logical behind his haze of concessions, his diffidence about ancillary matters: "He was not impulsive, fanciful or imaginative; but cold, calm and precise. He threw his whole mental light around the object." In stating the nub, he chose words "that contained the exact coloring, power and shape of his ideas...
...grand reasons why European integration makes sense are still there. But try telling that to angry, suspicious citizens, whose object of ire is the virtually unreadable Maastricht treaty, negotiated last December by the 12 nations of the European Community, which lays out a complex blueprint for the greater economic and political union of the Continent -- a plan that would take Europe far beyond the free-trade zone that goes into effect in January, to a single currency and common foreign and defense policies. The Danes' + refusal to approve Maastricht last June ignited simmering popular resentment, and France's razor-thin...
Maybe it's just a sad commentary on human nature, but people sure seem to enjoy having a common object of ridicule. Harvard of course is no exception. P.C. had its day, until people realized how few truly P.C. individuals they actually encountered. The Society of Nerds and Geeks used to be the butt for many a barb, but heaping scorn on them is now considered passe. Besides, only the truly meanspirited could be harsh on a group so willing to go through self-deprecation at a campus where students take themselves far too seriously...
...although some might object thatAfrican-Americans in high positions are "tokens,"Kennedy said, "the head of the armed forces of theUnited States [Gen. Colin Powell] is not a token...
...study the planet Jupiter, the Galileo probe passed within 5,300 km (3,300 miles) of the asteroid 951 Gaspra, and scientists instructed it to take the first closeup ever of such an object. The irregular shape suggests that Gaspra was chipped from a larger body in a mammoth collision. (See related story on page...