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Captain Jean-Luc Picard is building up a head of righteous steam about the Borg, the evil race that once enslaved Picard and has now infested the Starship Enterprise with plans to do something very naughty to Planet Earth. Well, the Captain will not abandon ship. He will face up to the Borg, he says. "And I will make them pay for what they've done." As Patrick Stewart delivers this line with a majestic ferocity worthy of a Royal Shakespeare Company alumnus, the audience gapes in awe at a special effect more imposing than any ILM digital doodle. Here...
...would have been wise of the Swiss bankers to hand over to the victims of the Holocaust or their heirs what was rightfully theirs as soon as possible after World War II ended [WORLD, Oct. 28]. The Swiss have been quite self-righteous about their neutrality during the war. Now with the spotlight being turned onto their little piece of the world stage, I am sure they are experiencing a certain degree of angst for fear that the world will learn of their misdeeds. NELLIE RAISBECK Calgary, Canada
Relentless, self-promoting and self-righteous, Whitehurst has been a thorn in the FBI's side almost from the day he arrived at the lab in 1987. He has alienated colleagues by complaining about working alongside--or under--agents with academic credentials less impressive than his. He has also singled out for criticism two respected agents--Tom Thurman, head of the explosives unit and the man responsible for cracking the mystery of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103; and Roger Martz, head of the chemistry and toxicology unit--both of whom worked on the Oklahoma case...
...House dog Scamper, the scandal expands to include all sorts of wrongdoing or "perceptions" of wrongdoing in a ridiculous attempt by the press to uncover something (read: Whitewater). The more the journalists become wrapped up in the scandal, the more they lose sight of its real importance. Despite self-righteous talk about "truth" and "the people's right to know," concerns about agents, public relations, TV appearances and high society inclusion are what truly motivate the journalists. In the end, poetic justice prevails and the sharks in the media get a taste of their own privacy-invading medicine...
Either the spin doctors are getting better than ever, or the president is no longer considered the ideal that all Americans should venerate; the position is no longer reserved for the most righteous and moral person who has led a good life. If this is due to the degeneration of America's morals, they must have withered at least before...