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...Beyond the politics of selling it to skeptical allies, the Bush administration faces an immediate practical dilemma over missile defense - whether to proceed with the ill-starred system initiated under the Clinton administration, or to start from scratch on a more comprehensive system using weapons launched either at sea or in space. While the latter option is backed by those most fervently carrying the Star Wars torch, in a more limited version it also has the support of a number of Senate Democrats, Europeans and even the Russians - a sea-launched "boost phase" system designed to intercept missiles before they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sense and Missile Defense | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...starting from scratch, administrators have insisted that the schools be equivalent. But yesterday, D'Alessandro said she wants to return, in part, to the old house system...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: School Choice Vote Leaves Administrators' Futures in Doubt | 2/2/2001 | See Source »

...This year, we had to raise all the money from scratch," Lee says. "From now on, fundraising will be a continual effort...

Author: By Alex B. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Commission Picks Peas, Roots | 1/31/2001 | See Source »

Feel free to take a moment and scratch your head about this...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life of Brian: Baseball Needs a Salary Cap Like a Hole in the Head | 1/19/2001 | See Source »

...Building a democratic state in the Congo would be a start-from-scratch idea, requiring extensive triage and years of benign nurturing by its neighbors near and far. Some of those neighbors, though, may be more inclined to maintain the hollow shell of Congo's sovereignty, while in effect carving it up into regional fiefdoms. A land whose plight once inspired Conrad has long learned the limits of optimism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Next for Congo? | 1/19/2001 | See Source »

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