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...perfectly respectable planet if it were orbiting the sun instead of Saturn. Its dense atmosphere is made of organic materials like methane and ethane, strikingly similar to our own atmosphere before life emerged. Since Titan's surface temperature approaches -300ºF, the moon almost certainly does not sustain life, but studying it can give scientists a peek at a sort of cryopreserved version of Earth long...
Meanwhile, the outgoing dean has raised additional donations earmarked for LRAP from alums, and students have initiated a fundraising drive of their own to sustain the program. Ellwood pledged to continue Nye’s effort...
...can’t just dabble in democracy promotion. Toppling a couple regimes won’t prove our commitment to spreading democracy if we don’t also support our long-time democratic allies and reward efforts toward prosperity and religious pluralism which sustain democracy. As we try to win the support of Iraqis, strengthen the pro-democracy elements of Iran’s civil society against their theocratic rulers and inspire people from North Korea to Libya to dream of self-governance, we have to stand behind countries like India. In our quest for the hearts...
First, the U.S. still needs to establish and sustain the security in Iraq—a responsibility it originally assigned itself but has never accomplished. Only we can do this. But without enough manpower and better logistics and equipment to intimidate the insurgency, the resistance forces have erupted and now will be much harder to put down. Despite the still concealed but ever-growing budget for Iraq, more troops are required to quash current violence and deter further insecurity. To pursue our continuing military obligations on the cheap endangers both our soldiers and the chances for avoiding real civil...
That's true in both war and politics, and it seemed to sustain White House officials, who watched all this with a mixture of grim humor and gritty optimism. They are comforted by the centermost core value in the Bush White House: that 9/11 changed everything. Bush's ratings may be slipping, but we live in a terrorist age, and 2004 may be the first election in decades in which polling patterns in May end up predicting nothing about November. "Am I worried?" asked a senior Bush official. "Of course. But we always said this was gonna be close." With...