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...while the guerrillas are single-minded and serious, the German authorities are bemused and the Olympic Committee more inclined, at least in this retelling, to sweep away the embarrassment of the siege than to protect the lives of the hostages. The callousness of the IOC's decision to proceed with events in the course of the siege is conveyed in a montage of slow-motion footage of that day's events, driven by a Led Zeppelin track...
Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing at all. And Friday, in an auditorium filled with Georgetown University students, President Clinton made stalling for time sound like a reasonable political decision. For the moment, he announced, the United States will not proceed with its planned National Missile Defense system. The next President, who will have to reassess the plan?s various diplomatic and technical glitches, will make any decision to shift out of neutral. The $60 billion defense project was to be completed in 2006, but this delay could easily push that date back a year...
...stupid to underestimate George W. Bush. He may throw interesting punches during the debates, getting off the sort of sound bites that can turn a campaign around. He may, indeed, proceed to build a persuasive case not only that he is the better man but also that the Republican approach (on taxes, on health care, on education, and so on) makes more sense, philosophically and morally. The kaleidoscope may tumble into yet another design...
...someone like basketball's Shaquille O'Neal for youngsters to emulate [SPORT, June 19]. As you noted, Shaq has dipped into some serious treatises. What a wonderful world it would be if a kid should say, "When I grow up, I want to be just like Shaq," and then proceed to pester his parents to buy a copy of Aristotle's classic work Nichomachean Ethics. FRANK DOOLEY Whitesboro...
...high tech does not stay high tech forever. Nor does it march in a straight line. The unanticipated and unintended consequences of new technology can be as significant as its promise, especially if we proceed without comprehending the scope of technology's impact on humanity and the planet...