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Some counterstrike was practically a political reflex: Clinton would have to do something militarily or suffer damaging charges that he was too weak to stand up to the Iraqi tyrant. In this, the electoral imperative meshed perfectly with the opinions of his policy advisers. Whatever the legal niceties, it was clear to everyone in Washington that Saddam had violated Iraq's postwar rules of the road and had to be slapped down...
...never know, whether microscopic organisms existed on Mars billions of years ago [SPACE, Aug. 19]. I for one don't give a damn. What we do know is that billions of creatures, both human and animal, exist here on Earth, and millions, if not billions, suffer needlessly from the effects of starvation, disease, pollution, war and other disasters. I wince with shame to think of the money that has been poured into the black hole of space exploration instead of being used to benefit the lives right here on this planet that we know, without a doubt, need help. JOEL...
...Research finds that for reasons unclear, men with chronic BRONCHITIS may be 50% more likely to suffer a heart attack...
...English law [ETHICS, Aug. 12]. Why do so many of these fertility clinics even exist? Why do we have clinics devoted to making children in cases of infertility? Instead, why not turn our maternal and paternal feelings toward the millions of abandoned children worldwide who are condemned to suffer lives of abject misery or even slavery? Why aren't the governments of the world attempting to settle on a unified standard law to promote the adoption of these children into loving homes, and drive the "baby selling" industry out of business? D. SCOTT YOUNG Wurzburg, Germany Via E-mail...
...Republicans may have outsmarted themselves. By trying so hard to tailor their convention for TV, they drained it of most of the qualities--the old-fashioned theatrics, the contentious egos--that attracted viewers and journalists in the first place. Clinton aides are worried that they may suffer from the backlash. "It's just our luck that they went first," said a White House official who fears that "the networks will avenge themselves on the Democrats." To juice up their TV show, the Democrats are planning "more substantive presentations," a Clinton aide says. Will the last viewer turn out the lights...