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We’re terrible at predicting what will happen—flying cars, a perennial favorite of science fiction writers for three-quarters of a century, are barely closer to reality now than they were when my parents were born, and then-president of the Royal Society Lord Kelvin, after whom the temperature scale is named, remarked back in 1897 that “the aeroplane is scientifically impossible”—but something invariably will. Since the Harvard class of 2006 arrived on campus four years ago, wikipedia has grown tenfold, the Facebook appeared...
...targets just as small and distant-and makes people just as obsessive. The difference with shooting is that, well, you do it with guns. And bullets. Which were invented for one purpose: war. Beyond the shooting range's black-and-yellow targets hover ghosts. My club, Sydney's Royal Australian Naval Reserve Rifle Club, has its origins in the military. Most of the 170 members are civilians, but every Saturday, builders, bankers, surgeons, ex-servicemen, chiropractors, chefs and electricians-men and women, from teenagers to 80-year-olds-compete in honor of some milestone in military history: last week...
...Having grown accustomed to your derogatory, ill-informed and prejudiced articles on the royal family, usually relegated to the People page, I was surprised by the balance, objectivity and depth achieved by your report on the Queen's 80th birthday. Congratulations on an informative and thoroughly professional piece of journalism. I hope you will continue to treat the Queen with the respect she has earned and so richly deserves. David Hipshon Twickenham, England...
Like many great governmental bodies have in the past, the Undergraduate Council (UC) was undone by parliamentary procedure during Monday night’s meeting. The assembly deteriorated into a bonafide royal rumble; only suplexes were missing in a meeting marked by shouts, sulks, scuffles, and walk-outs by council members.Monday’s match pitted a majority of the UC who hoped to overturn current council bylaws that prohibit funding of “discriminatory” groups (bill 62.35) against a status-quo contingency. Although outnumbered, the latter group pinned their hopes on amending Article...
...lifetime of service not only to Britain and the Commonwealth but also to the whole world by their example of steadfastness, courage and sense of family and loyalty. We should cherish them. Christine Richard Edinburgh Having grown accustomed to your derogatory, ill-informed and prejudiced articles on the royal family, usually relegated to the People page, I was surprised by the balance, objectivity and depth achieved by your report on the Queen's 80th birthday. Congratulations on an informative, insightful and thoroughly professional piece of journalism. I hope you will continue to treat the Queen with the respect...