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...Britain must cut the umbilical cord to that troublesome province. After all the suffering the people have gone through, the result of a nationwide referendum would overwhelmingly indicate that Britain should relinquish its relationship with Ulster for good. Northern Ireland's warring communities, when faced with the prospect of managing their own affairs, would have to lay down their arms and iron out their differences. The consequences of such a state of affairs could lead to lasting peace. So let Tony Blair work toward creating a new and independent state of Ulster. He will find this move toward peace more...
...Rather like the current saber-rattling between China and Taiwan, it's the prospect of a presidential election that has raised the political temperature over the issue. If his eagerness to debate gun control is any indication, Clinton obviously feels his vice president is sitting pretty on this issue. And given the general public's rising anger over the recent spate of gun deaths - a frustration reflected in recent polls - he may be right. While Gore has embraced the stance favored by the Clinton administration, Governor Bush's gun control record in Texas has never given the NRA reason...
Memory is a topic of inherent interest and easy terror-we guard our memories closely, and the prospect of losing them is horrific. What we recall of our own past is connected to how we identify ourselves in the present. Amnesia takes ourselves away from ourselves. We reserve a special pity for characters who lose memory, like Funes the Memorious in Borges' short story, or Rosanna Arquette in Desperately Seeking Susan...
...American students used to friendly relationships with both teachers and fellow students might find the prospect of being whipped and/or otherwise humiliated by these authorities odd. This is not so for students familiar with corporal punishment. "We're very good friends with our teachers," says freshman Timothy Thairu '03, who attended Alliance High School in Kikuyu, Kenya. "There are just lines you wouldn't cross...
...state is understandably concerned with the prospect of losing the Harvard brand name. HPHC, which has 1.1 million members, has built a formidable reputation on the name it has used since 1969. Furthermore, the threat that the HMO will no longer operate under the Harvard name could scare away potential investors. In the state's suit against the University, Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly has asserted that giving up the Harvard name would cause HPHC to lose investors, status and important name recognition. On the University side, HPHC and Harvard are both in the medical field. Should the HMO become...