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...will remain in Iraq as long as necessary and not a day more." How long that is depends on tough decisions yet to be made about the U.S. role. Should Washington be more concerned with ensuring stability or with avoiding the impression of occupation? Should the U.S. set up basic political structures and clear out or take a longer time to try to build a civil society? Under all schemes, a full complement of U.S. troops--anywhere from 50,000 to 200,000--would form the central authority for a minimum of six months, and a diminishing number would probably...
Thanks for putting a human face on gene science and showing that it is not Frankenstein-like experimentation. In a country in which key decision makers rarely understand basic scientific concepts, it was heartening to think that your articles may perhaps educate the people who vote on legislation affecting scientific issues. NICK KNOWLTON Pittsburgh...
...views on how genetics will have changed the world 50 years from now. Overeating without getting fat? Living for 150 years? How out of touch with reality these "visionaries" are! The poor of the world do not need a map of the genome; they need clean water, food and basic health care. The future your experts describe is one that will be available only to the rich and powerful. (THE REV.) DANIEL WOLPERT Crookston, Minn...
Some of Gigante's behind-the-scenes workers (in the stockroom, on the loading dock) have only very basic skills in English, meaning they would be unemployable at the big chains. And working at Gigante affords them union protection and health benefits not available at most California Latino markets...
...find any unexpected differences at all between anti-matter and matter, it will require a fundamental reform of basic physics theories,” says