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...heroic efforts of biotechnologist Ingo Potrykus and his colleagues in developing beta-carotene-enhanced rice will save the lives of millions [SCIENCE, July 31]. Protesters who demand that this brilliantly humane enterprise be stopped should have their motives questioned. Their protest is nothing but the mindless hand waving of Luddites. Do they want the poor who live in Asia and elsewhere to starve? People must not succumb to the thinly veiled racism of so-called environmental activists. HOWARD R. OLSON Walnut Creek, Calif...
...general return that call fast. "I disagree with your premise," Powell said. "It wasn't, 'Here's Colin! Here's Condi [Condoleeza Rice, Bush's black female national security expert]! Now vote Republican.'" Monday night, Powell had been abuzz with postspeech spin, bounding to interviews with anchors at CNN, BET, PBS and ending up on Larry King Live at midnight. The next day he made the rounds of the network morning shows. He concedes he couldn't say all he wanted (he had to cut his speech to meet that 11 p.m. deadline) but saw his moment in the spotlight...
...work and long evenings in coffee shops. All four have complicated, busy lives, careers they forged on their own and ambitions to take them to the top. They have grown up to be self-reliant in uncertain times, with little guidance from their elders. Sex before marriage--"eating rice before the bell," as it is sometimes called--is the norm. All have acquaintances who do drugs, a haven for those who don't know where else...
...Grassroots.com Talk about bipartisan. George W. Bush adviser Condoleezza Rice and former Clinton spokesman Mike McCurry are directors of this site, which calls itself "your political-action network." In the spirit of togetherness, a page on abortion gives lobbying advice for both sides of the issue...
Oliver David Cruz, the slow-witted (IQ: 63) rapist-murderer executed in Texas Wednesday, chose a south-of-the-border theme for his last supper: spicy beef fajitas, beans and rice, flour tortillas, onions, tomatoes, avocados, a banana split and orange juice...