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...same tactic has been employed in Bush’s dealings with China. Last week, in a surprising turnabout, administration officials let slip that they would not oppose a Chinese buildup of their nuclear arsenal. Tacitly encouraging any nation to build more nuclear weapons represents a dramatic shift in foreign policy. Since the end of the Cold War, nuclear powers have sought to preserve peace by reducing the world’s nuclear weapon stockpiles. A Chinese buildup seems certain to encourage similar measures by other Asian states, raising the risk of a new arms race. This bizarre overhaul...
...TIME for the article about what has gone wrong with assisted-living centers [TIME IN DEPTH, Aug. 13]. I have dealt with one of the companies mentioned for more than two years. I strongly believe that assisted living needs to be regulated. I would like to see a paradigm shift in the way we think about our frail elderly. They should not be depicted as "just too sick or too needy." They have the right to live the remainder of their lives in a comfortable and dignified way. JUDITH A. KIERNAN Medford...
...just because NATO's hands are tied doesn't mean they will be able to wash them clean at the end of this autumn's Essential Harvest. The European Union is already giving "serious thought" to a bolstered observer presence to "soften the phase shift" once NATO pulls out. But no one really believes the N.L.A. is going to fade into the hills, however many guns it hands over in the coming month. Ten years in the Balkans have regrettably demonstrated the stubborn inertia of armed conflict. Just as in Bosnia and Kosovo, NATO could find the potential cost...
...they would only stick around for six months or so. Kress hasn't drawn a government salary, let alone hung pictures on his office walls. But others inside the Administration and on Capitol Hill argue that their departures will cause the balance of power within the White House to shift to the right. "The only two moderates in the place are leaving," says a liberal House Democratic leadership aide who has worked with both men this year. "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what that means...
...injury required occupational therapy that would have interfered with school hours. The Carnells decided to keep teaching her at home because they feel they can do a better job than local schools. To teach her math and science in the mornings, Fred, a government cartographer, works the office graveyard shift, which means he and his wife Debbie, a claims adjuster, hardly see each other. The family rarely eats dinner together, and the parents are constantly exhausted. Says Debbie: "I have my schedule down to the hour on an Excel work sheet...