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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...
...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...
...self-rule zones-but on its own terms, the Authority, with its 18 ministers, 22,000 civil servants and 18,500 security personnel, has performed far less well than had been hoped, as Authority officials themselves acknowledge. "How can we convince people we are on the right path when we can't even create a sewage system?" says Justice Minister Freih Abu Middain...
...Hsin-liang, a contender in Taiwan's first presidential election, has come up with a campaign stunt that's hard to top: sailing into the path of a nuclear weapon. As a protest against China's widely-criticized plans to stage missile tests near its offshore rival, Hsu rented a fishing boat and headed for the test site 90 miles north of the island. "As a world superpower, China should try to resolve disputes by peaceful means, not by military threats," the opposition Democratic Progressive Party candidate said by telephone from the boat. Taiwan has perceived the tests, scheduled...