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...latest novel, the legendary author of such bestsellers as Jurassic Park takes on the controversial issue of global warming in a scientifically untruthful manner. Ultimately, State of Fear becomes little more than a ringing endorsement for the environmental policies of the Bush administration...
...Park City, he and his colleagues built a robot in the image of President Bush and toured him through the streets, repeating words like “terror” in a robotic voice. The robot “accidentally” caught fire...
...wheel because of lack of sleep has killed innocent drivers. Why do we feel the need to be constantly doing something? To pump up our self-esteem? I'm with William Shakespeare, who referred to "sleep that knits up the raveled sleeve of care." Robin Francis Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, U.S. Bullies Go Free As a retired educator of 34 years, I read with interest your article on the growth of bullying in European schools [Jan. 24]. The escalating problem is hardly surprising given that one administrator's response to a bullying situation was to tell the students he would...
...indicated locations to hear historical stories and the scoop on local haunts from celebs with a connection to the place. Native New Yorker Sigourney Weaver escorts you through Lower Manhattan, for example, while rocker Steven Tyler takes you around Boston. Each tour costs $5.95. Other notable offerings: the National Park Service's Revolutionary War tour at Minute Man National Historic Park in Concord, Massachusetts, for $5.99, tel: (1-978) 369 6993; and the Cell Phone Safari at the Sacramento Zoo in California...
...seed of Schlesinger’s present collection is a set of books, papers, and memorabilia donated to Radcliffe College in 1943 by Maud Wood Park, Class of 1898. To house this donation, the Women’s Archives was established. They expanded through the 1940’s and 1950’s to become the Schlesinger Library, which moved to its present location, between Brattle and Garden Streets, in 1967. The library is named after Harvard University Historian Arthur Schlesinger and his wife Elizabeth...