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...United Nations simply does not need a separate agency with its own acronym, stationery and bureaucracy for every problem." That said, Clinton defended the organization against congressional critics. "Turning our backs on the U.N. is no solution. It would be shortsighted and self-destructive," Clinton said. "We reject the siren song of the new isolationists." Bosnia, the open wound of U.N. failure, received only a passing reference to U.N. work "in the Balkans to isolate aggressors...
Every segments of the Harvard community made its contribution to the was effort. The Navy Wives Club met on the "second deck" of the Harvard Union. The Fine Arts Department offered courses in camoflauge, athletics were compulsory and an air-raid siren was placed atop Widener Library...
...Hendrix' solo is cinematic montage of the tragedy of war over the constant refrain of the machine-gun beat. His voice is choked and unsure, perhaps the worst singing by Hendrix on record. But the warbling voice gives way to Hendrix' guitar which rings loud and clear like a siren, then mimics the sounds of conflict: hysterical sobs, helicopters, motorcylcles tearing through urban canyons, ghostly whistles, nightmarish soft tones bent with the whammy bar, a brief display of pyrotechnics and then silence as the song ends and the world becomes trite again. There is a beautiful moment of absurdity preserved...
...waterfowl have died since mid- December. Water samples from the Silva Reservoir show high concentrations of the pesticide endosulfan, though local farmers and tanneries in the area deny using the chemical. As officials search for clues, the National Water Commission patrols the reservoir in a boat equipped with a siren, and volunteers set off fireworks to scare waterfowl away. Though the water has been declared dangerous for use in homes and in some kinds of agriculture, farmers continue to irrigate their fields with it. ``We've warned them, but they say they will be dying of starvation while we continue...
...Generations (directed by David Carson, who did several episodes of the series) continues the exploration of this theme. Data (Brent Spiner) has an "emotion chip" implanted in his brain, then suddenly has to deal with unfamiliar feelings like fear, remorse and giggly irresponsibility. Captain Picard, meanwhile, must overcome the siren-like lure of the Nexus, a timeless zone of pure joy that is being sought by the villainous Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowell). The Nexus is a personalized fantasyland, where Picard experiences the idyllic home life he never had. Captain Kirk is there too, going through his own homey fantasy...