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...force. For many modern Europeans, war is a ghastly, primitive business. (Every time I call my 95-year-old aunt in Britain, I get a little lecture on the evils of cluster bombs.) War is a last resort; those ready to use it quickly--or, worse, who appear to enjoy it--are not to be trusted. That's why Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, a folksy hero in the U.S., is considered a swaggeringly dangerous Rambo by many Europeans...
Those who favor early testing say it allows bright students to see how far beyond grade level they are, so their learning can be adjusted. And some precocious kids enjoy the challenge. "It gives them terrific experience at test taking," says Susan Grant, whose son first tried the SAT in sixth grade and now attends Harvard. In Farmington Hills, Mich., Aaron Dubin, 18, has taken the SAT nine times since he was 12, lifting his score from...
...This prospect changes everything. Many long-term western expatriates in Japan inhabit an Edenic state of bourgeois affluence with no strings attached. We enjoy a comfortable lifestyle, yet remain untroubled by civic duties. We can't vote, we may lack linguistic fluency, our opinions are presumed to derive from our national stereotypes, we rarely blip on the national radar, so we are absolved from caring overly about where we live. Japan's problems, except in a Japanwatching way, are not our problems. However, as someone who intends to return in five years to put a child through Japan's elementary...
...BARGE Not enough time for an overnight jaunt? For a predinner cocktail with panache take a leisurely sunset cruise down the Chao Phraya in the Marriott's Manohra Moon. Nursing a cool drink in the comfortable embrace of rattan chairs, you can enjoy the City of Angels tinted pink by the setting sun. The daily cruise lasts about an hour and floats by some of the river's loveliest sights, from the serpent-shaped finials of the Grand Palace to the phallic silhouette of Wat Arun. At $8 for a glass of wine and another $11 for the cruise...
Despite these understandable grumblings, tuition will inevitably rise as the University expands and improves undergraduate education in addition to keeping pace with inflation. We may not enjoy paying more every year, but we do enjoy more freshman seminars, a larger Faculty and expanded financial aid—the administration’s well-publicized selling points. Nevertheless, the University has a history of raising the financial burden on undergraduates without a commensurate rise in the quality of their educational experience; this year’s hike is symptomatic of a larger problem...