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...Planet Close-Ups Re "Mapping Mars" [Oct. 16]: with space travel being one of humankind's finest achievements, I was quite distressed to see that the beautiful pictures taken by the Mars Opportunity rover and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter were buried inside the magazine. Those images should have made Time's cover. Doug Travis Livonia, Michigan...
Plagiarism seems to be a topic of moment in education. Every college on the planet seems to be intent upon developing its own special guidelines and judicial procedures concerning academic dishonesty. The Internet now has hundreds of sites where teachers, employers, and your significant other can check what has been cited or appropriated from millions of other sites. Plagiarism is, at least as feared as the avian flu. But recent articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education remind us that even many professors do not really understand plagiarism, let alone their students...
...extinct television show. This is the same fair-minded producer whose "journalists," such as Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, frequently tell their guests to shut up, and turn off the microphones when they hear viewpoints opposed to their own. George Peterman New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. Red Planet Close-Ups Re "Mapping Mars" [Oct. 16]: with space travel being one of humankind's finest achievements, I was quite distressed to see that the beautiful pictures taken by the Mars Opportunity rover and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter were buried inside the magazine. Those images should have made Time's cover. Doug...
...their home and for their transportation (about 16,000 pounds), as well as the emissions caused by the products they consume (about 24,000 pounds). That is far above the international average of about 4 tons per capita, which makes America the top five carbon dioxide polluter on the planet...
Here is a well-meant word of advice for France's presidential hopefuls: kindly return from whatever planet you are on as soon as possible. France needs you to lead an honest debate on the challenges facing the nation. Some rather serious things are wrong with France today: it has one of the highest unemployment rates in Western Europe, the government's finances are overstrained, the country's international competitiveness [an error occurred while processing this directive] is waning, and there's a deeply felt public malaise that is reflected in the bad poll numbers of political leaders, as well...