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...blast at unit no. 4 caused a nuclear meltdown, with blazes burning at temperatures of up to 5000 Fahrenheit, or twice that of molten steel. The reactor burned for two weeks slowly releasing dangerous radioactivity into the air. The radiation, carried by the wind, wound its lethal path across the Soviet Union's best farmland north toward Scandinavia. By week's end, an ominous pall of radiation had spread across Eastern Europe and toward the shores of the Mediterranean. The fallout caused an international uproar against the Soviet Union for its lax safety measures and its concealment of the fact...
...murders that did not involve mobsters. Three female employees at a supermarket, for example, were shot in the head in a Tokyo holdup. An advisory board to the National Police Agency last year endorsed the hiring of tens of thousands of additional police because Japan "is proceeding down the path to becoming a Western-style crime society...
Even those who disdain the American system admit now their own is badly broken. President Jacques Chirac of France, who hosted a jobs summit last week of the seven rich industrial countries, called for a "third path" between the too cozy welfare state and the "precarious" U.S. labor market. Taking the American approach immediately is simply not an option. "Any political party that tried would run into a cultural wall upholding public service, entitlements, paid vacations and so forth," says Jean-Marie Chevalier, a University of Paris economics professor. "They'd be kicked...
Instead, Chirac's "third path" will eventually lead Europeans toward the American model. They will take it slow: along the way they'll witness more strikes, as in France last December; governments thrown out by voters, as in Sweden; and showdowns between unions and employers, as in Germany now. The politicians could make the ride easier on themselves if they'd start telling people that the destination might not be so horrible after all. --With reporting by Greg Burke/Rome and Thomas Sancton/Paris
...good thesis requires an extraordinary amount of blood, sweat and tears. But it is not the only path to distinction. Before steeling yourself to its chains, make sure your enthusiasm reflects a will to commit to weeks where you will focus on nothing but esoteric puzzles that will surely bore your roommates. And if you truly are mad north be northwest, submit to an experience whose rewards go far beyond the honors degree...