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...death penalty, turn people in our society into murderers. Let us take that power away from the McVeighs and expend our efforts in defining ourselves. I don't believe we are a nation of killers. Our compassion, our creativity, our potential to heal and be gracious and forgiving should prevail at times of pain and loss. We are better people than our eagerness to be executioners would indicate. ROBERT H. ILES San Jose, Calif...
...states. But only one of those groups, an effort in Houston, has begun the arduous task of gathering qualifying signatures. To succeed, such groups need big money and plenty of troops; Connerly hopes Clinton's speech will attract both. The larger question, however, is whether Connerly's side can prevail in the national debate as America, which has been rolling back race- and gender-based affirmative action for years, decides whether it really wants to end all such programs--and what it will mean for the country if it does...
...demonstrated that he is no exception. He is concerned about how historians will rank him as a President. If he is forced to choose between a policy decision that will burnish his image and one that will advance Gore's candidacy, it is unlikely that Gore's interests will prevail. NATHANIEL H. KAROL Highland Park...
...also means that we will have to accept certain mundanities of life outside a university like Harvard. Academic discourse and the search for intellectual freedom may not prevail wherever we find ourselves. The brightest stars in the pantheon of scholarship will no longer offer themselves up for our perusal twice a week at 11 a.m. We will have to content ourselves with libraries whose holdings may be less than infinite. We will no longer take for granted our membership in an enclave where truth is the highest virtue and the search for it is amply supported...
...debate between alternative and mainstream medicine will not get settled anytime soon, but even if Andrew Weil the scientist does not prevail, it's clear that Andrew Weil the crusader has already made his impression. What's less clear--at least for now--is whether Weil and other alternative healers are selling real cures or, like the hypnotist, just casting good spells...