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...late as it was, nearly instantly vaporized the international political consensus that would have supported a strike. Though the U.S. had insisted it would act alone if necessary, Saddam's retreat forced the White House to regroup with its allies. The tense see-sawing of the day produced a profound sense of deja vu. "Haven't we been here before?" sighed a Navy officer. "How many times are we going to let him do this...
...limb and expand the basic definition of feminism to which everyone at the panel agreed. Yes, feminism is the demand that women be treated as equal to men. But true feminism is ultimately the humanistic goal that everyone be treated equally in society. We all have a profound stake in the realization of that goal...
Building on those innovations, Bush has been pushing what he calls "the most profound goal I have set as Governor: teaching every child in Texas to read by the third grade." The initiative includes a back-to-basics reading curriculum, a new set of diagnostic tools to identify problem readers in the earliest grades, programs for teacher training, "school-within-a-school" reading academies and after-school programs. So far, however, it has been underfunded. In 1997 and 1998 it received a total of only $32 million from the state, enough to help just a small fraction of Texas...
...firm based in Menlo Park, Calif. But staying within the letter of the law has not saved the scientists from attack. Biotechnology critic Jeremy Rifkin petitioned Congress last week to ban all privately funded research into embryonic stem cells so that there can be a "full investigation of the profound long-term social and ethical implications of the technology." Right-to-life activists chimed in as well. The stem cells were taken from potential human beings, says Judie Brown, president of the American Right to Life League. Asserts Brown: "These human beings should be protected...
...read too earnestly in Pleasantville an allegory of American society would be to distort its main intent, which is to please. Its political and cultural allusions are more playful than profound, and in overall tone it remains light-hearted, never leaving the comic realm. This is one of the reasons the movie succeeds so effortlessly. Great drama it may not be, but it's certainly at treat to watch...