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...Clinton's secret is our secret: In a culture gone to attention deficit disorder, the most intense public passions pass quickly. You have only to wait. Everyone's attention span is short. The public images in our minds are made of electronic dust coalesced for a moment on television or computer screens; and you cannot even wrap yesterday's fish in hallucinations. Show me the money...
...much as anything, our short attention span deserves as much credit for the turnaround. "The problems connected with their leaving the White House are starting to fade," says Waller. "So you don?t have a press corps following her around pelting her with questions about Marc Rich and parting gifts." (While that is largely true, the discovery of a note penned by Hugh Rodham, may renew interest in, and questions about, the First Lady?s knowledge of a few decidedly questionable pardon requests). Whatever half-life the pardon story has, however, it is unlikely to completely overshadow Clinton...
Administrations come and go, but the impact of logging, mining and other heavy-extraction industries on Western lands and natural resources can span countless decades [HIGH NOON IN THE WEST, July 16]. Managing resources and the challenges of growth is not easy, and our rich natural legacy is weakened with each generation. Without the kind of dialogue that your report raises, discussion of the policies governing public lands will remain behind closed doors in private, special-interest boardrooms. STEVE KINGSFORD-SMITH Seattle...
...span in my class is from seventeen to seventy, and it makes for a very rich teaching environment,” says Theo C. Theoharis, who teaches in the extension school and whose comparative literature class on Homer, Dante, and James Joyce is a favorite among summer school students...
Gyorffy, a 2000 Sydney Olympian, jumped in three world-class IAAF Grand Prix meets in a span of just eight days from June 29 to July 6. In those three meets, which took place in Italy, Switzerland and Paris, Gyorffy finished no worse than seventh but no better than sixth, with top performances ranging from 1.85 to 1.90 meters. The best jump in the world this year is 2.04 meters...