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...Square" Scientist Physicist Edward Teller [Milestones, Sept. 22], the "father of the hydrogen bomb," was a fervent foe of Nazism and communism. Our Nov. 18, 1957, report noted the reasons for this opposition and described the young Teller's facility in math...
...nothing else, Roh has temporarily shifted the media spotlight from sleaze to stability. "He's in a deep hole, so he's decided to gamble," says political scientist Kim Il Young of Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul. Roh hinted last week that he might call off the vote, which might not be constitutional, anyway. If he forces the issue, Roh risks exposing his wobbly presidency to unforeseen complications, like Hong's call for a full-fledged election face-off. However unlikely that may be, the conservative party-which already has a majority in parliament-is rummaging through its ranks...
...months after he took office. "He's not taking the pressure very well," says a foreign businessman who once counted himself as a Roh supporter. "I can even see a scenario in which he opens his mouth at the wrong time and resigns." Says Kim Il Young, a political scientist at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul: "This is not something that happens in a normal democracy...
...from scoring big at the ballot box. With his own popularity in free fall, analysts say Roh could wind up leading a minority party, his presidency paralyzed by a conservative opposition and a vengeful MDP. "He could remain as a lame-duck President," says Ahn Chung Si, a political scientist at Seoul National University. "If that doesn't work out, he may have to step down...
...term, after an avalanche of bad press. But the damage has already been done. Making it personal doesn't look very presidential, says Choi Yang Soo, a communications scholar at Yonsei University in Seoul: "The President should be able to handle the scrutiny." Lee Chung Hee, a political scientist at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, says, "If the President has problems, he should solve them through consultation instead of storming off like a man possessed...