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...Killed Daniel Pearl?--begins to worry me. I reassure myself that at least I hold a British passport, but then I recall that both Richard Reid, the would-be shoe bomber, and Omar Sheikh, Pearl's killer, had the same credential. It's unnerving to think that basic facts about my life--facts that belong to me--could, in others' hands, have the power to land me in trouble...
TIVO OR NOT TIVO? Sharp will soon ship its own wireless Aquos LCD TV, but it's the newly announced Open Aquos that has the most promising feature: a basic-function video recorder (and removable hard drive). It won't replace a TiVo, but the 15-in. or 20-in. models can pause live TV or save news, soaps or talk shows hours--or days--after they have aired...
...mastering even so basic an idea can be a slow process, often too slow when survival is on the line. And so nature provides us with a head start. Before we have a chance to practice our first little Moro grab--before we leave the womb, in fact--our pleasure engine is humming. "Little boys can have erections from the day they're born, sometimes even in utero," says Marrow. "Both sexes get pleasure from touching themselves without having to be taught...
...refused to talk with our government and continues to claim that Taiwan is a renegade province of mainland China. Can successful negotiations take place with a knife pressed to our throat? The Taiwanese have no intention of becoming citizens of China under a communist government that does not respect basic human dignity. Chi-Chang K. Shieh Tainan, Taiwan...
...must not nourish any false illusions about the basic character of the Chinese regme. We should remember, moreover, that PRC-style capitalism—hindered, as it is, by corruption and an arbitrary legal system—isn’t exactly the stuff of Milton Friedman and Ec 10. As China’s entrepreneurial middle class grows, Solidarity-type labor movements emerge, and Christianity increasingly takes root, we can expect the regime to bully, harass, torture and murder to resist political reform. If the past is indicative, it will do virtually anything to maintain its dictatorial rule over...