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...will not [lose focus] of the primary goal: to alleviate the number one source of health problems and disease on this planet, which is water-borne pathogens... it may be that the fastest way to do that isn't through a non-profit, but to do a for-profit piece and then double-use the knowledge, the technology and the tooling. If we need to do that, and it speeds things up, not slows them down, we'll do that...
...favors for sleeping with the man. I have to audition. The first conversation we ever had, for Planet of the Apes, he says, "Don't take this the wrong way, but you're the first person who occurred to me to play this chimpanzee. I have this intuition you like changing what you look like." And he was right. Any chance I get, I'll wear teeth...
...economic growth of India, [June 19], made plain that the world is changing at a pace we can't control. Countries that have had nothing in the past are now fighting to assert their dominance on the world stage. No longer are Western nations the rulers of our planet. Eastern countries have seen what the West has achieved, and now they want a little of that for themselves. I don't believe it will be long before China and India become the new superpowers. I wonder how the U.S. will cope when it no longer has the power to dictate...
...have not learned the lessons of the past. Whalers kill these gentle giants by shooting them with harpoons tipped with grenades, which explode inside a whale's body. We, through our uncontrolled population growth and greed, are pushing to extinction the other wonderful life-forms that share this little planet with us. One remedy would be to boycott all goods from nations that persist in the barbaric practice of commercial whaling. I refuse to purchase any goods made in Japan or any other country that voted for a return to the murder of whales. Jon Ralph Cape Town, South Africa...
...growth of India, "India Awakens" [July 3], made plain that the world is changing at a pace we can't control. Countries that have had nothing in the past are now fighting to assert their dominance on the world stage. No longer are Western nations the rulers of our planet. Eastern countries have seen what the West has achieved, and now they want a little of that for themselves. I don't believe it will be long before China and India become the new superpowers. I wonder how the U.S. will cope when it no longer has the power...