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...billion to help pay for President Clinton's universal telecom service and might at the same time save people money. "This is follow-through on the deregulation of the industry promised in the Telecommunications Act of 1996," says TIME's Bruce Van Voorst. "The proceeds are paying for the concept of universal service, which today means not just phone lines to rural areas but the wiring of libraries, schools, and hospitals for the Internet. It's the Clinton Administration's promise that the gap between have- and have-nots will not extend to information." Winners in the deal: Consumers with...
...multiracial, Etzioni argues, "has the potential to soften the racial lines that now divide America by rendering them more like economic differences and less like harsh, almost immutable, caste lines." Those who blend many streams of ethnicity within their own bodies, the argument goes, will render race a meaningless concept, providing a biological solution to the problem of racial justice. This idea reflects a deeply pessimistic view of human nature. It suggests that people can get along with each other only if they are all the same, instead of learning to accept and respect differences...
...Jewish woman who is married to a black man and is a past president of the 10-year-old advocacy group Multiracial Americans of Southern California. "It's hard for people to believe we are just looking for equality and that we are able to live with the concept of duality. Constantly calling Tiger Woods black is a good example of what we are talking about...
Schiavo has challenged high-level people in a rotten system. Where there is big money there is greed, and corporate ethical standards are thrown overboard in many airlines. The industry operates with the concept of "an acceptable level of accidents,'' typical cost-vs.-benefit thinking. Technical maintenance and pilot training are not only important safety items, they are also very expensive. There is a big difference between the minimum standards employed and the highest standards reasonably achievable. When the FAA watchdogs are not watching, guess which the public is offered? KNUT ANFINDSEN, Retired Flight Captain Stabekk, Norway...
...concept couldn't be higher--that is to say, simpler: a professional assassin goes to his high school reunion. Ha-ha. Can't you just see the double takes when Martin Q. Blank (John Cusack) tells all those suburban housewives and real estate salesmen what he's been doing since graduation...