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Does embarrassment constitute a threat to U.S. security? The answer to that question may determine which classified documents Washington releases to prosecutors investigating General Augusto Pinochet. "The decision seems to indicate that the Clinton Administration believes that the pursuit of justice is the most important consideration here," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "But this could be a Pandora's box, because it inevitably raises questions about America's involvement in the Chilean coup." Previously declassified U.S. documents implicate Pinochet in human rights abuses, but also suggest that the Nixon administration actively encouraged the coup that brought the dictator to power...
PHOENIX--The Arizona Diamondbacks, in the spectacular final act of their ambitious offseason pursuit of free agents, agreed yesterday to a $52.4 million, four-year contract with Randy Johnson...
...final determinant in many Harvard students' choice of a business career is the pursuit of excellence. Every age is remembered, if it is remembered at all, for excellence along a certain dimension. We might remember the Romans for their military might, the Renaissance for its superlative art and architecture, the Enlightenment for its philosophy. A millenium hence, the only thing for which our American century will be remembered (with the possible exception of theoretical scientific advances in atomic physics and molecular biology) is the perfecting of a nuanced, sophisticated capitalist business system that has lifted large masses of humankind...
...worked together in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. We honestly felt that we could topple the racism and segregation that had stifled--and continues to stifle--the aspirations of generations of African Americans. I learned much from Kwame about courage, commitment, strategy and being uncompromising in the pursuit of revolutionary social change...
...stories you told of local and state governments' ignoring people's needs in the pursuit of low-wage jobs reminded me of how important my vote is at the local and state level. Where I live, we've elected a city council that has taken a pledge to allow no more corporate tax breaks to attract new business. EDDIE SNIDER Austin, Texas...