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...death from his many secret ailments and the possible death of millions from a nuclear war he believed was ever more likely. "The most important thing about John Kennedy," his biographer Richard Reeves says, "is that he thought he was going to die young, and he could not wait his turn." Behind J.F.K.'s Eros--the skirt chasing, the virile New Frontier rhetoric, the pledge to shoot a big phallic rocket at the moon by decade's end--was Thanatos...
Traditional animation is supposed to be dead, the victim of cost overruns and audience apathy. The shiny plastic toys of computer cartoons enchant the world--Finding Nemo is still the year's top-grossing film--while Disney and DreamWorks can't wait to junk a grand cinematic form that stretches, in glory and profit, from Snow White to The Lion King and beyond...
...situation in Iraq. Of course coalition troops are endangered, and we are saddened by the loss of soldiers, but what happened to the vision of a free world? Who is going to fight for it if the U.S. doesn't? Should we pay the price now or wait until a massive terrorist attack exacts a greater toll? Have we not learned the lessons of our tolerance for evil ideologies such as communism and Nazism? Let us learn from history and prevent disaster rather than try to deal with it after it has been brought upon us. KOUROSH AZADI Calabasas, Calif...
...Drop in car sales in the state last month, as drivers wait to see if Governor Schwarzenegger will lower registration fees...
...Recent increases in government monitoring of U.S. citizens such as Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which allows government agencies to access the records of public libraries, have provoked much outrage. Little, however, has been said about the treatment of visiting students. The Harvard administration has also chosen to wait out the decision and see how other universities respond first. But this strategy is too timid. MIT president Charles M. Vest has been outspoken about the need to maintain freedom and diversity in universities, with the belief that it is in the best interests of the country as a whole...