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Greenstein was born in New York City in 1909. When he was eight-years-old, his grandfather gave him a brass telescope, which ignited his obsession with stars. As a child, he built his own astronomical equipment, including a spectroscope, an instrument used to examine wavelengths of light.

Author: By Rebecca D. O’brien, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard-Taught Astronomy Pioneer Dies at Age 93 | 10/29/2002 | See Source »

Ripken too had been a star, a clutch player, as asset at shortstop. Then the years turned his hair and his skills gray. His batting average drooped, his power numbers were anemic, he was no longer a shining asset to his team. And still the Orioles managers (one of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cal Ripken Is No Hero | 10/24/2002 | See Source »

Michael Duffy's "Does Might Make it Right?" ultimately frames the debate on attacking Iraq as one about standards and the need of evidence for a pre-emptive attack [WASHINGTON MEMO, Sept. 30]. Duffy marginalizes the more important issues: the Bush Administration's hypocritical, self-serving rationale and the ignored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 21, 2002 | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

[an error occurred while processing this directive]Movies can't save lives. But they can dramatize moral and political dilemmas. Noyce believes that, in the enigmatic figure of Pyle, "Greene pinpointed something in the post-World War II American personality: an obsession to do good. The Vietnam War was prosecuted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sigh for Old Saigon | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

The United States too has failed Colombia. During the Clinton administration, aid to Colombia was limited to anti-drug efforts. Military equipment used to destroy some poor farmer’s only cash crop could not be deployed against the rebels. The United States let its obsession with the drug...

Author: By Ebon Y. Lee, | Title: How the Weak Wage War | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

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