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...nuclear program, the U.S. and Israel say that Iran could possess nuclear weapons in five years. The Iranians respond that the Shah spent billions on nuclear power, and that as signatories to the nonproliferation treaty, they have a right to develop nuclear technology for peaceful uses. "You use nuclear technology in medicine, in agriculture, in genetic engineering," says Velayati. But the large number of Iranians being trained as nuclear specialists, the country's huge energy reserves and the very long odds that biotech companies will be cropping up in Iran all inspire suspicion...
Hacking E-mail addresses is one of the oldest tricks in cyberspace. But until quite recently the practice required a deeper understanding of the inner workings of the Internet mail system than most users possess. Then last month a programmer in South Florida named Ryan Scott opened a site on the World Wide Web that makes posting a pseudonymous message as easy as filling out a bank's deposit slip. Simply indicate whom the message is directed to and whom it is supposed to be from, type a message in the space provided, hit a button marked send...
...during the First World War to destroyan entire metropolis in a single air-raid. And howmuch easier would it be today, in the era oftelevision, for a madman like Hitler or Stalin topervert the spirit of a whole nation. When havepeople ever had the power we now possess to alterthe climate of the planet or deplete its mineralresources or the wealth of its fauna and flora inthe space of a few short decades? And how muchmore destructive potential do terrorists have attheir disposal today than at the beginning of thiscentury...
These savagely inaccurate observations don't measure up to the overt pretentiousness that fills up this book review. Hagar not only had problems with the "old people" at the reading as well as Will Self's choice of beverage, but apparently she assumes one must possess some sort of British "roaring boy" background to fully comprehend Amis' work: "Amis hasn't made any waves on this side of the Atlantic...At Oxford, Amis is a normal topic of discussion." That statement is a firm justification for doing away with those semester-abroad programs. The pompous and presumptuous Hagar had just...
...measure how successful he could be. He was hip, funny and tough, an rare enough combination, and on top of that he was completely believable. As Mcclane, his interactions with Sgt. Al Powell (Reginald Vel Johnson), allowed him to show that he had a soul, something action heroes rarely possess. In the last 10 years, he should have developed into an actor of moresurprising dimensions. But bad choices like "Blind Date" and "Hudson Hawk" brought him quickly back to earth. Now he is having a kind of resurgence, sparked first by his excellent performance in "Pulp Fiction," and blown into...