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...suggests that we slowly start investigating whether in the next century technology may offer a solution to our security that does not rest on the prospect of mass and mutual death," noted the Washington Post. "It is the product of Ronald Reagan's peculiar knack for asking an obvious question, one that has moral as well as political dimensions and one that the experts had assumed had been answered, or found unanswerable, or found not worth asking, long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archive: Reagan for the Defense | 3/21/2008 | See Source »

...appreciates that the world is carefully gauging how it responds to the unrest. He notes that initial reports out of Lhasa had the People's Armed Police, an antiriot squad, responding to the demonstrations - not the potentially much more lethal People's Liberation Army. The government's dilemma is obvious: if Beijing insists publicly (and actually believes) it has been relatively restrained in its response to the unrest so far, what happens if the trouble in Tibet continues, or if something boils up somewhere else? A lot can happen between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ghost of Tiananmen | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...more sensible eater is that it actually is worse for the children that tune into Sesame Street these days. Just as important as exemplary role models are their negative counterparts, characters kids can learn not to emulate. Watching Cookie Monster’s effect on the viewer, it seems obvious that what he was really providing was an example of gluttony to be avoided...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: A (Cookie) Monstrosity | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...goal, Quinnipiac pulled starting goaltender Bud Fisher in favor of teammate Pat McGann, but even a new goaltender could not reverse the trend of Crimson dominance. Soon after the switch, Rogers launched the puck past the fresh McGann, bringing Harvard’s lead to 6-0.Despite the score and obvious possession of momentum, the Crimson adhered to Donato’s words and maintained discipline to the very end of the game.“I think that you’re a little apprehensive after not playing last weekend,” Watters said. “And obviously...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Barrage of Goals Buries Bobcats in Game One | 3/17/2008 | See Source »

...People's Armed Police, an anti-riot squad, responding to the demonstrations - not the potentially much more lethal People's Liberation Army. The problem for China is that the unrest, while apparently contained for the moment in Lhasa, spread to other cities on Sunday. The government's dilemma is obvious: if Beijing insists publicly - and actually believes - it has been relatively restrained in its response to the unrest so far, what happens if it continues? "Knowing full well that something like this - maybe not as intense, but something of this sort - was likely to come before the Olympics," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tibet and the Ghosts of Tiananmen | 3/17/2008 | See Source »

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