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...years later, it suddenly warmed. The speed of the last change--an 18[degree] warming in some places in as little as three years--was fast enough, a meteorologist wryly commented, to capture the attention of politicians. To put a change of this magnitude in perspective, a mere 2[degree] drop in global temperatures during the 13th century started the "Little Ice Age" that wiped out the Vikings' Greenland colony, spurred glaciers to crush villages in Europe and contributed to periodic episodes of starvation and mass migration...
...should all be sickened by the beating of a 13-year-old child of any color in any country at any time. But we can no longer sit blindly by and think this child's being black in America in 1997 is a mere coincidence or a grave mistake for which no one but the three boys who beat him are guilty. The disease of racism is growing and if left untreated, it will kill us all. Racism is not an amorphous idea to be decried in whispers like the latest scandal. It is not the product of a fearful...
...their acquaintances had checked out the Heaven's Gate Website, they might have been somewhat less nonchalant. Through the teachings of their charismatic leaders, Applewhite and Nettles, who claimed to be extraterrestrial representatives of the "Kingdom Level Above Human," the cult members believed their bodies were mere vessels. By renouncing sex, drugs, alcohol, their birth names and all relationships with family and friends, disciples could become ready to ascend to space, shedding their "containers," or bodies, and entering God's Kingdom. "If you cling to this life, will you not lose it?" Do asks in the Heaven's Gate manifesto...
...this belief, at least, Heaven's Gate cultists were not alone. According to a popular theory circulating on the Internet, a spaceship is hidden behind the comet--whether inhabited by benign or evil aliens is unclear. Astronomers say the image behind the comet in some photographs is a mere star...
Alas, the fraud detection works only with electronic returns, a mere 13% of those filed. There is evidence that some unscrupulous filers have shifted back to old-fashioned paper, which bypasses the sophisticated screening. The IRS recently reviewed some rejected electronic returns only to discover that the same taxpayers subsequently refiled on paper, using the same phony Social Security numbers, and duly got their refunds...