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Best Cosmic Comeback After appearing to be dead in space, Magellan got cranked up again and sent back the most spectacular pictures ever taken of Venus. They reveal Earth's nearest neighbor to be a caldron of recent volcanic activity -- not a promising spot for vacation homes...
...little-known town in the remote western Amazon has just four dingy guesthouses and 450 phone lines and lies a rugged five-hour drive from the nearest major airport. And yet this week, normally tranquil Xapuri (pop. 6,000) is being invaded by 3,000 visitors from the surrounding territory and around the globe. They have come to witness a long-awaited event: the trial of two men accused of murdering Chico Mendes. In fact, everyone who cares about environmental issues is watching to see whether justice will prevail in the case of the humble rubber tapper whose defense...
...declare war, events have a way of handing that power to Presidents. Relying on a decision of the U.N., Harry Truman committed troops to Korea without specific authorization from Congress. Lyndon Johnson launched his escalation of the Vietnam War from the shaky platform of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, the nearest thing to congressional approval he could point to -- or needed...
...FAMILY lives 40 miles from the nearest movie theater and the nearest McDonalds, on a farm in a rural county where cows outnumber people two to one. Smug city dwellers often ask how I managed to entertain myself while growing up in such an isolated backwater...
...typical postering run last week for one of Harvard's many student groups, one of our members turned to see three undergraduates shamelessly ripping down her posters, crumpling them up and throwing them right into the nearest trashcan. When they saw her walking towards them, they pretended they were just standing there talking...