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...Finally, the cold war was waged against a system that was officially godless, and which based its moral authority (however cynically) on what it conceived as a scientific understanding of the march of history. This claim, of course, could not withstand genuine scrutiny. Tellingly, many of the Soviet Union's most prominent dissidents, such as Andrei Sakharov, were scientists. They saw that the claims of communism couldn't be empirically validated; moreover, they had the courage to say that the evidence proved the opposite of communism's claim to build peace, happiness or even a decent...
...calming and reassuring the American people, however, was not going so well. The President's first brief statements from Florida and Louisiana were shaky, and when he finally got back to the White House that night, his speech was uninspiring. Afterward, in the White House bunker built to withstand nuclear attack, he leaned forward in his blue chair and began the first meeting of his war council. Around the oblong table sat Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Attorney General John Ashcroft and chief of staff Andrew Card. "Make no mistake," Bush said, stabbing...
Basketball players are the best athletes in the world, and that's not just the NBA marketing machine talking. Today's game requires track-star speed and agility, the hand-eye coordination of a .300 hitter and the ability to withstand linebacker-style punishment delivered by guys who are often much bigger than linebackers. Iverson, 26, a former Virginia high school-quarterback phenom, takes hits without fear. He's developed a jump shot that's excellent from 24 feet away and deadly at midrange. Then there's his speed. In his college days at Georgetown, sports photographers actually...
...bold and warm. She uses classic pieces but freshens them with brazen upholstery or colors. The home she made for Eileen and Peter Norton, of Norton Utilities fame, is more eclectic, incorporating the Nortons' vast and pluralistic art collection, but it's not jumbled. She knew their home could withstand the iconic force of Frank Gehry and Marcel Wanders chairs. This year she decorated President Bill Clinton's new offices in Harlem with surprisingly modern furniture and light colors. "Very soothing," she says...
...Those buildings were designed to withstand an impact from a plane,” one of us said. “They would have to directly hit the support columns for that to happen...