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...those three Russians he fingered in 1985 and possibly two others Moscow television says he brought down. The FBI hopes the lethal prospect moves Hanssen to detail exactly what he gave away. If he "sold the farm," as former FBI assistant director Bryant believes, U.S. intelligence will have to rebuild its entire Russian program from the ground up. And every operative in the U.S. spy apparatus, from satellite controllers to eavesdroppers to military planners, is searching frantically to discover what may have been compromised...
...World War II, the U.S. demonstrated benevolence and wisdom by spending billions of dollars to help rebuild Germany, much of the rest of war-torn Europe and Japan. Today it is unconscionable that the world's wealthiest and most powerful nation has failed to respond to the AIDS crisis with all the economic and technological assets it can muster [SPECIAL REPORT, Feb. 12]. For the world's only superpower to do anything less in the face of this horrific epidemic's escalating death toll would be regarded by all as a crime of negligence. RICHARD T. NOTKIN Helena, Mont...
...good spirits. Women gossip and giggle as they help the volunteers cook up a fresh batch of khichdi, a nutritious mixture of rice and lentils. The men are kept in splits by a barber's risqu? jokes. "Our homes were not worth much, so it will be easy to rebuild them," says 60-year-old Haji Aftab. "We feel sorry for the rich and the middle-class folks, who lost expensive houses." The resident chatterbox Malati, a maid in her early twenties, says she is looking forward to the months ahead. "There will be so much construction work here...
...shift en masse to a single alternative service if they want the same levels of choice. But which one: Splooge? Tripnosis? Filetopia? SongSpy? It's hard to make a decision when you are an anonymous, headless horde with as many different musical tastes as languages. Rather like trying to rebuild the Tower of Babel, only with more Britney Spears bootlegs...
...Spurs in seven, the Sixers defeating the Knicks in six, and the Blazers winning the NBA title over the Sixers in six. But seeing as I'm not a betting man, I'm just going to pop in the NBA Live 2001 CD on my computer and try to rebuild the Chicago Bulls myself through franchise mode. Improving on that 20-percent winning percentage shouldn't be too tough...