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...paths. Still, in a land as vast as Australia, there's more reason for joy than despair. Its myth-rich Aboriginal culture offers enlightenment if we care to engage with it; the seemingly barren interior can inspire awe when we visit the thriving land away from the coast. The wonder of discovery is there in simple things and grand: in quiet lives of contemplation and, if you can picture it, the instant a cosmic fireball hits the Earth. In the uncompromising intensity of professionals at work and in that heart-stopping moment when a raft races into a flight...
Parents have never lacked for reasons to lie awake at night. They worry endlessly about keeping their kids healthy and safe and fret about such persistent problems as teen drug use, dropout rates, pregnancy and crime. How, they wonder, will their under-18s ever become tomorrow's thirtysomethings...
America's greatness lies in the fact that its founders were students of the Enlightenment philosophers Locke and Spinoza, whose political thinking formed the basis for the Declaration of Independence. I wonder if President George W. Bush or Senator John Kerry has ever read any of their works? Perhaps each party should select its presidential candidate through a series of tests and interviews rather than campaigns determined by the size of its war chest. That would enable us to elect another philosopher President, like Jefferson. ROBERT J. POHL Canonsburg...
...locales, worships Satan and has sex with groupies on giant piles of cash. Actually, the film is a chronicle of Metallica's group-therapy sessions. "It's very emotional," says Berlinger. "You watch this family tear themselves apart and put themselves back together. There were definitely times when I wondered: Why the hell are they letting us film this?" When shooting commenced in 2001, Metallica - drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and singer James Hetfield - were starting a new album, dealing with the resignation of bassist Jason Newsted, and entering therapy with performance-enhancement coach Phil Towle. With their record...
...good chunk of those are sold in Europe. According to the Austin, Texas-based market research firm DisplaySearch, about 40% of all lcd monitors and 30% of all lcd TVs are sold in Europe; this year LG expects to sell about $5 billion worth of goods there. Small wonder, then, that the LG.Philips unit's operating profit soared 307% last year, to $935 million. Last week the joint venture began trading its own stock on the Seoul exchange...