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...NATO allies in inviting three crucial Eastern European nations to join the alliance can scarcely be compared to Nazism. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is crucial that we take steps now to strengthen European security and not abandon our democratic allies so these nations do not succumb to larger powers, as they did before and during World War II. Had the United States taken the kind of the steps it is taking now in, say, 1930, the Second World War and the rise of Nazism might have never taken place...
What sounds like a confession at a meeting of Computer Addicts Anonymous--an organization that doesn't exist yet but could become the 12-step program of the new millennium--describes a disturbing dependency that may be affecting millions of computer users who succumb to the siren song of cyberspace, not just at home but during office hours. It is a compulsion so relatively new and scantily studied that doctors can't agree on what to call it--Internetomania, problematic use of the Internet, compulsive computer use and just plain computer addiction are a few monikers--let alone what causes...
...Malaysia. "They're seeing Brazil's struggle as a crucial stand for the orthodox model," says Emily Alejos, vice president for emerging markets at BEA Associates investment firm in New York City. And because it is the linchpin of the dynamic South American market, Alejos adds, "letting Brazil succumb to the global contagion would mean Argentina, Chile and other Latin American countries following on its heels...
Well, Bubba, I would say I have walked where you walked, and seen the cynicism that you experienced. But I am trying not to succumb to the biting, spiteful attitude that so often accompanies that cynicism. I truly believe that we at Harvard can address the issues of our heart and spirit...
...environment. Anything related to genetics sounded disarmingly like eugenics and Hitler's notion of racial superiority. And so society welcomed psychotherapy, with its egalitarian tenet that we are all "brothers" whose personalities are shaped (or misshaped) by our surroundings. As Dolnick observes, "Level-headed men and women occasionally succumb to giddy excitement over the stock market or the million dollar prize." Or psychoanalysis...