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Walcott, 52, was born in St. Lucia and still lives part of each year in Trinidad. He brings a highly developed poetic skill to bear on underdeveloped areas. His point of view is both privileged and painful: "I accept my function as a colonial upstart at the end of an empire, a single, circling, homeless satellite." The upstart has not lacked for recognition; last year Walcott received an award from the John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation that will yield him $48,000 annually for five years. Yet estrangement is not a matter of finances: "I am thinking...
Nixon was right, as usual, in his psychological estimate of me. It is always difficult to reverse the relationship with a subordinate. Yet I realized that coherence had to be restored to the White House. Nixon could not function without a strong chief of staff to shield him from the day-to-day management of the bureaucracy and to implement his decisions, and Haig was the only possible choice...
Behavioral Effects. The principal active element in marijuana, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), like alcohol, impairs motor coordination, the ability to follow a moving object and to detect a flash of light. Since these functions are necessary for safe driving, the report notes, their impairment "may suggest a substantial risk." The effects may last four to eight hours after the time the user feels a "high," unlike alcohol, which is more quickly metabolized. Marijuana hampers short-term memory, slows learning and produces distortions of judgment, including reactions of panic and confusion. Consequently, there is special concern since much of the heavy...
HIIDs main function is the undertaking of development projects in Third World countries. Currently, for example, at HIID seam led by Malcolm Gillis, an HIID fellow is working on a plan to drastically reform Indonesia's tax administration through computerization. Such projects abound and have reportedly earned HIID the respect of officials in many developing nations. One State Department official says HIID is among the most efficient and well-liked groups working in the Third World. "What separates HIID from U.S. agencies like the-Agency for International Development and other development projects," the official says. "Is the perception...
...human life. The pursuit of happiness cannot be supported by homicide: as we fought for human rights against the genocide perpetrated by Nazi Germany, so must we reject the legalized homicide that is abortion. If life is not held sacred by a society, on what basis can that society function? If we are allowed to destroy lie because of our "commitment" to ourselves, how can own lives have any essential value? The future of our society rests in us; we cannot exterminate these unborn people because they inconvenience us. Kathleen Carroll...