Word: viewpoints
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad seems to believe that all Malaysia's current economic woes can be blamed on speculators and traders [VIEWPOINT, Sept. 21]. This shows a naive understanding of how free markets actually work. When investors have confidence in a country, they will bring capital into it. When they lose confidence, they will pull their capital out. It's their capital. They can use it as they wish. Mahathir has no right to regulate outflow of capital when he originally welcomed it with open arms. To say otherwise is nothing but complete hypocrisy. HUGH BROWER Stamford, Conn...
...take so long to try the method in humans? The delay was not because of ethical concerns, though some have been raised (see Viewpoint), but because the DNA difference in animal sperm is larger, and thus much easier to measure...
...Prof. Anderson said in the article, "A broad emotional base leads to the finest research." Advisers with that type of viewpoint--including my own at Harvard--probably don't encounter many problems with their adviser-student relationships, but does Harvard believe that statement enough to encourage all its faculty to act according to it? KATIE QUEENEY Murray Hill, N.J., Sept. 17, 1998 The writer received a Ph.D. in chemistry in June...
...fervently agree with Jill Smolowe that children's lives shouldn't be shattered in cases of disputed or confused custody [VIEWPOINT, Aug. 17]. But why must these discussions always deteriorate into a debate over which is more valid, nature or nurture? That inevitably leads to the unfortunate question, Which parents are the real ones? As Smolowe wrote, "Real parents are people who are dedicated and unshakably there...
...enraged after reading "Says He's Nobody's Slave," about Clarence Thomas [VIEWPOINT, Aug. 10]. Thomas has a severe case of amnesia. He obviously does not remember or respect the ancestors who sacrificed their lives to make it possible for him to hold his position. The endurance, motivation and dedication of our ancestors to fight for equality aided Thomas in pulling himself out of poverty. Now he gives those ancestors a blatant slap in the face. MANIKO BARTHELEMY Landover...