Word: pathe
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...economy may eventually make the route financially viable. That is a moment many environmentalists dread. Tankers are likely to be the chief users of the route, and oil spills could do unimaginable harm to arctic ecosystems. Dorothy Childers of Greenpeace points out that the sea route follows the easiest path through the polar ice, the same path taken by migratory birds and marine mammals. Will development be worth the risk...
ATROCITIES WILL BE SELF-PERPETUATING unless someone breaks the cycle. To execute Susan Smith [CRIME, Aug. 7], considering her age and her family background, would have perpetuated the crime she committed. The jury chose a path that offers hope for a break in the abuse-and-atrocity cycle. In years to come, Smith's sharing of the distorted emotions that caused her to commit such an atrocity may prevent another from occurring. That is Smith's destiny, that is her challenge, and that is her salvation. MARTIN KOPACZ Houston...
...reason, four-fifths of airline pilots are still hired from the military. "Anyone in a safety-related field wants to hire the best-qualified person available," says Judy Tarver, the former head of pilot hiring at American Airlines. "Military pilots are prescreened, extensively trained and have a proven career path...
...discovery of a third gene contributing toAlzheimer's Disease"puts scientists on the path to discovering how this deadly disease is formed," says TIME's Alice Park. "Having identified the third gene," says Park, "researchers can now move to a new phase of study to look atwhat causes them to form the plaque on the brainthat contributes to memory loss and other symptoms. Then they can start investigating drugs to combat plaque formation; even further down the road would be gene therapy." Alzheimer's claims about 100,000 Americans annually...
...people." Perot admits he is abandoning a grand scheme popular with many voters. "That everyone is for a third alternative is obvious," he says. "But is it the best thing to do? If you start a third party and do everything perfectly, you have started down a path that will probably take 10 years [to capture] the White House, the House and the Senate. Can't make it overnight. We don't have 10 years." Taming the deficit, overhauling Medicare, reforming the campaign-finance system are too urgent, he says, and "the most constructive thing for our country...