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The relentless war with Iraq is only the most visible sign of Khomeini's determination to defeat heretics. No less important are Tehran's ties with the terrorist networks of Shi'ite radicals that stand ready to do the Ayatullah's bidding. Though tactics may shift, Khomeini's ultimate goal...
Hirsch proposes to recover what has been lost: a set of common references. "The more computers we have," he maintains, "the more we need shared fairy tales, Greek myths, historical images, and so on." The reason for this seeming paradox is that "if we do not achieve a literate society...
The reclassification of the alligator, however, is a true victory. Twenty years ago, the toothy reptiles had been so assiduously hunted, says FWS Director Frank Dunkle, "that many believed the species would never recover." Skin-seeking poachers had killed the animals by the tens of thousands. In 1966 Congress passed...
Generally, however, the Reagan Doctrine is taken to mean that the U.S. will no longer seek just to contain but will try to roll back the spread of Soviet- aided Communism. This it will do by actively assisting, and perhaps even trying to create, resistance movements struggling against Soviet-allied...
With this splendid first 45 minutes of his new film, Stanley Kubrick reenters the real world. For a quarter-century the reclusive director has hit the cerebral fantasy button, in Pentagon war rooms (Dr. Strangelove), in outer and inner space (2001: A Space Odyssey), in the nightmare future (A Clockwork...