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...blubber- lusting 20th century man. If the whales don't talk back, the earth blows up. So the Star Trek crew must become time travelers. They must boomerang their stolen Klingon warship around the sun, land in San Francisco in 1986, steal a whale or two and transport their precious cargo . . . back to the future...
...Body" King lays out his most precious, secret feelings; in other stories he hits the vulgar, grotesque surreality inside us right on the head, and still pays his bills. He is vivid, rambunctious, sloppy, true-to-life, occasionally peurile, but always striking. If he's slipped a few times, he still hasn't fallen. There is truth in what he writes, not a lofty truth, but gut-grabbing honesty...
...have gotten away with this grand endeavor. The superpowers, despite the "moral" and other support lent by the U.S., have their own interests in the Middle East. The Arab-Israeli conflict serves as a great chessboard, a weapons testing ground, and the focus of the struggle for intelligence and precious resources. It is not the interest of either to allow the other's proxies to win the incessant wars, so there is no real hope for a military solution. Israel's great tactical superiority is neutralized, while the population clock ticks furiously away. Can Israel throw out the Arabs like...
Stakes are high and space low, so students must economize with the precious bidding points to get the choicest interviews. For instance, recent graduates start out receiving salaries in the mid-$20,000s their first year on the job, while companies sometimes interview more than 50 people...
...recent elections proved anything, it was that the issues mean little, and the analysts know less. Instead of delving into the mass of campaign statistics to find precious needles of wisdom, it might be more interesting to review some individual stories and incidents of Election...