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...least one major problem remains. A lot of experts don't believe the missile shield will work. Even if it can be made to thwart incoming ICBMs, they argue, it will be worthless against the low-tech route that nukes or biochemical warheads would be more likely to take. A renegade state could sneak a nuclear bomb into New York City in a truck or the hold of a freighter, or simply lob a Scud-like missile full of lethal germs into Manhattan from 20 miles offshore, neatly passing underneath the shield. Even the Joint Chiefs of Staff "worry more...
...Ever since my revelation over a month ago, I've become the laughingstock of the magazine staff, subject to frequent heckling by fellow editors and staff writers. "Cultural illiterate!" they scream at me. "Worthless swine!" they think. People angrily wave our complimentary copy of Glamorama at me as I walk by the magazine office. It was a painful confession to say the least...
...syndrome and deny allegations you know to be true. Admit to your faults and then, instead of hiding behind the excuse that other people badmouth you, devote your energies to publicizing your good points. Sitting around and waiting for campus publications to give you favorable write-ups is a worthless venture. If you want to gain the support of the student body, then rise to the occasion and give us grounds for that support...
...what good is that diversity if people from different ethnic backgrounds can't talk to and learn from each other? What good is that diversity if we don't understand the nation that we live in and the government that serves us? Diversity for the sake of diversity is worthless. For it to be worthwhile, it must improve and inspire us. It certainly should never place barriers between us. Unfortunately, allowing immigrants to avoid learning the language and about our values and government does just that: It leads to forced self-segregation and denies them the opportunities that others have...
...Iraqis are afraid or battened down in their bomb shelters. There is little to keep them out after dark, even on a peaceful night before the holy month of Ramadan. Baghdad is worn down by an eight-year-old embargo. Iraqis hurry home at nightfall to count the nearly worthless dinars they have managed to earn this day, to plot and scheme how they will bring in a few more in a life of meager survival. What happens will happen. They have known neither peace nor prosperity for more than 18 years. Who are they to disagree when Deputy Prime...