Word: learnedness
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That did not seem like sheer hysteria by Friday, when we learned that Tom Brokaw's assistant at NBC had tested positive for anthrax after opening a threatening letter with powder inside. At that moment the New York Times was being evacuated after another letter rained powder in the newsroom...
But the worst thing unspecific fear can do is to seep into the bloodstream so that all of life is poisoned, and even in those moments when nothing is going wrong--sweet moments with family, walks in the park--one feels that life is on the verge of a mad...
The U.S. has launched some short-run efforts in Afghanistan, aimed not so much at larger ideological points as at proving our niceness and making the country friendlier when U.S. soldiers come in. Commando Solo, an Air Force cargo plane converted into a $70 million flying radio and TV station...
Instead of being taken hostage by terrorists, I am at the mercy of the instructors at Centurion Risk Assessment Services, a British company that offers "hostile environment courses" for journalists and aid workers headed for politically unstable regions. Conducted by former British marine and army officers at a training camp...
When President Lawrence H. Summers outlined his plans for reinvigorating undergraduate education in his inaugural speech, he stated that no Harvard student would be proud to admit not having read Shakespeare or not having learned the meaning of Kant’s categorical imperative. He also noted that an ignorance...