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...trying to cope with this mishmash of stimuli, people could react in two ways. They could throw up their hands and withdraw even further into their own interests. Or they could turn once again to traditional news outlets, which help put the chaos in some kind of intelligent order. Just how all this will play out--for our understanding of the world around us, for our sense of community, and for the future of journalistic enterprises like the one you're reading--will be one of the big stories of the next decade. It might even make the evening news...
Give yourself at least several months to pursue a job before you leave. Obviously, it is a more time-consuming process when your letters are travelling thousands of miles and when you may be corresponding with someone who is not quite sure how to react to an American student's request for a job. For a summer job, it's not unreasonable to begin this process in the autumn, even though you shouldn't expect a definite answer before the spring...
...military establishments were as abrupt as they were bizarre [WORLD, Sept. 23]. Those of us in other parts of the world are left only with the perception of a trigger-happy U.S. Despite a plausible semblance of unity, Western Europe and Japan are at a loss about how to react. The reference to the U.N. resolutions is mere rhetoric, a fig leaf to cover what lies behind election politics. This charade demonstrates that Clinton is not a true world leader. YASUO HORI Matsudamachi, Japan
Mills' role as Peter is mostly to react to Jerry, but he does this well. It is easy to see in Mills' face how Peter passes from amused to shocked to visibly shaken as Jerry narrates the story of his life. Curled on the park bench, shaking from, it seems, both laughter and tears as a result of Jerry's stories, Peter's very straight, conventional outlook has been destroyed...
...People should react by hanging up immediately the moment they feel uncomfortable during an incoming call and call the police," said Nynex Regional Director of Public Affairs Peter T. Bowman...