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...Universal Space Travel? One of the silliest prophecies I've ever read was in "The Space Cowboys" [March 5]. Aeronautical engineer Burt Rutan said, "Fifteen years from now, every kid will know he can go to orbit in his lifetime." Even the kids in Ghana portrayed in the March 12 issue? And where is the fuel to come from? Surely there are better uses for the world's dwindling energy resources. Lars Sollin, Lund, Sweden...
...still active ... I have been working for 63 years. For a country with a retirement age of 60, that's not bad, huh? My only regret is that for various reasons I can't travel much anymore. New York is the best stimulant there is. I haven't been for four years. I'm in withdrawal...
Even so, the international community looks on at the turmoil and can do little. Sanctions such as travel bans on senior members of the party and government imposed by the European Union and the U.S. have had little effect. Mugabe has demonstrated time and again that he is prepared to destroy the country rather than give up power. South Africa, the big brother of the region, is the key to change. But President Thabo Mbeki has been afraid to touch Mugabe, who is still seen as a hero of the anti-apartheid struggle in southern Africa. Among the poor...
...Koike's travel plans should worry the corporate overlords who run Japanese baseball. Matsuzaka is just the latest in a series of Japanese players who have left their home league at the peak of their career. The emigration has done wonders for the worldwide reputation of Japanese baseball players but not for baseball in Japan. While Dice-K (a fratty phonetic rendering of Daisuke that has become his new American nickname) can't blow a bubble without the media watching, attendance at Japanese professional games has sagged. TV ratings for the Yomiuri Giants, by far the country's most popular...
...worse than spend a few days on Sao Tome and Principe, population 193,000. The first hint that these two rocks just above the Equator off the west coast of Africa were going to be a laid-back sort of place came when, following some bad advice from a travel agent, I arrived at immigration without a visa. Elsewhere that might have meant detention, prison, or at least a large bribe. In this former Portuguese colony, a smiling middle-aged immigration officer in singlet and braided hair told me in a motherly sort of way that, you know, I really...