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Gold, that barbarous relic, is having a thoroughly modern moment in the spotlight. Its price in dollars ($1,170 per ounce when last I checked) is setting a new record every few days. Cash4Gold and its competitors have been flooding the airwaves with ads exhorting you to fork over your...
Feoktistov was different from other Soviet flyboys. For one thing, he was an egghead, a prominent spacecraft designer who also had the guts to fly the technology he helped develop. For another, he snubbed the Communist Party--professional suicide in the U.S.S.R. "I had many enemies who did not want...
The comparison in "5 Things We Can Learn from China" between the educational systems in China and the U.S. is off base [Nov. 23]. Unlike in China, in the U.S., every child is entitled to an education regardless of background or learning ability. Early tracking of students in China ensures...
Re your story on new bus lines [Nov. 23]: The amazing, low-cost fares offered by MegaBus and others come with a trade-off, terrible customer service. As a thrifty college student, I was thrilled when MegaBus started a route from Minneapolis back home to Milwaukee. The bus was regularly...
The heated rivalry between the Egyptian and Algerian national soccer teams exploded into violence, threatening diplomatic ties between the North African nations. Attacks on a bus carrying the Algerian squad in Cairo triggered a series of skirmishes there and in Algiers that left fans of both teams injured. The conflict...