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...Chernov: We expected an expert professional investigation as the basis for decision-making. Instead, incompetent conmen came up with hasty decisions. We said outright that it was an adventurist sham. They can't even have their equipment moved to the place on time. But the weather in the area will get prohibitive within a couple of weeks. The whole thing is doomed to fail. I can't find decent words to describe all this. I can only suspect that they never intended to raise the Kursk...
Most are trying variants on what the Dutch call gedogen--turning a blind eye. The authorities keep marijuana-possession statutes on the books to conform with a 1988 international convention that prohibits outright legalization and to avoid the political controversy of changing the law. But they opt for quite lenient enforcement. Last month police in Brixton started a six-month experiment: they will caution users on the spot and confiscate their dope rather than book them for prosecution. The cops expect to save at least five hours of police work per nonarrest, which they will devote to street crime...
...Genoa, where the G-8 meeting was held, protester Carlo Giuliani was shot in the head by a police officer [WORLD, July 30]. Giuliani should have been arrested, not murdered, by the police. If actions like this are not condemned outright by people and especially the media, they will continue to happen. EDWARD STAFFORD Dallas...
...Pathetic Investors and have DOPI look into the methods and motivations of those who eagerly plunked down their savings for the likes of VA Linux and iVillage. I'm confident that the inquiry would produce damning evidence of investors' blatant greed, deceit, blind lust for wealth, sorry ethics and outright fraud. In other words, they were no better behaved than the analysts and bankers...
...when politicians legislate against evolutionary science, it's refreshing to see a major publication like TIME consistently support empirical science. The theory of evolution has been attacked as everything from a bad philosophy to outright Satanism. The scientific community needs the support of popular publications so the public is informed of current scientific thought instead of being reliant upon the ill-informed rhetoric of creationists. JAMES N. BRAGGE North Las Vegas...