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...Pyongyang's missiles hit a target? Probably not for a long time. But, says Gill Jung Il, a North Korean specialist at Seoul's Yonsei University, "accuracy is not the issue here. Perhaps the fact that Taepo Dong lacks accuracy makes it a more potent weapon. No one would know where it would hit." It's hard to think of a more perfect weapon for North Korea: unpredictable and potentially dangerous...
...Gill's comment on male-contraceptive ads told of the interesting Roman and Israelite custom of swearing by the male genitalia [LETTERS, May 31]. It should be noted, however, that the most common usage of the word testis in Latin texts is as a term for a witness, as in a court case. Thus an etymologist would note that the English word testicle is derived directly from the Roman custom of swearing by the genitals, and that every man carries his own "little witnesses." (And my parents have been wondering what I would do with my degree in classics.) CANDACE...
...Sailing in Vanguard 420s, the A Division team of freshmen Margaret Gill and Lauren Toretta accounted 136 of the Crimson's 234 points, and delivered clutch performances by finishing seventh, sixth and sixth in the last three of the tournament's 15 races...
...Harvard women's sailing team-which finished in seventh place in the women's national competition earlier in the week-also earned individual awards. Lauren Toretta and Margaret Gill each received All-America honors for their work as crew and skipper, respectively...
...ribbon intelligence-community assessment in April compiled in response to Cox's central findings. Its experts concluded that so far, "the aggressive Chinese collection effort has not resulted in any apparent modernization of their deployed strategic force or any new nuclear weapons deployment." The Cox report errs, explains Bates Gill, a China expert at the Brookings Institution, by "equating acquisition with capability, period." China has been more like a car thief stealing a hubcap here, a fuel-injection system there--but that doesn't mean it can build a Mercedes from the bits and pieces. Although no one minimizes...