Word: humaneness
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While Annan has a certain responsibility and accountability to member nations of the U.N. and the world at large, none of us can expect one human being to turn things around. The strength of the U.N. rests upon the willingness and commitment of all nations to dedicate themselves to that which will truly benefit all humanity. Conversely, the weakness and lack of success of the same body are largely the result of nations acting recklessly and being unwilling to bring about the unity and peace that are so needed and desired. VIC SALVO Sacramento, Calif...
...live in an age of spaceships, genetic manipulation, the Internet and all kinds of unbelievable achievements. How could we not find a way to supply oxygen to that doomed submarine? The Russian ego has again proved that human lives are seemingly not worth a kopeck. The Kursk disaster was simply murder by the state. Shame on Putin! DIPTENDU CHAKRABORTY Toronto...
...human tragedy of the Kursk is obvious, and Western nations have learned that since Russia cannot behave in an open and honest manner when faced with a humanitarian crisis, we would be foolish to expect anything other than a traditional Soviet attitude to political, economic and military issues from the Russian government. PETER G. WILSON Whitburn, Scotland...
...story on the National Institutes of Health's new guidelines on human stem-cell research contained two errors [HEALTH, Sept. 4]. Under the guidelines, government-funded scientists will not be allowed to use early-stage embryos. They will be able to use material provided by private companies derived from embryos left over from in-vitro fertilizations. Also, contrary to what we said, there is no ban on using federal funds for fetal-tissue research...
Greatest change? Hmmm: The collapse of the Soviet Empire - and therefore, the end of the Cold War, the defining, nuke-menacing global reality for several generations? The computer? The mapping of the human genome? The revolution in science, communications, technology, medicine, all of which have transformed human life in the years since Moynihan came to work in the New Frontier. Globalization? (Global Americanization?) Triumph of markets, death of ideology, the liberating but culture-killing ascent of money as the planetary measure of worth. The Copernican change in the roles of men and women, because of the pill, the sexual revolution...