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...Climate in Crisis Thank you for your splendid report on global warming [April 3]. The combined effects of scientific and technological advancements and the population growth that accompanies them have become the very real weapons of mass destruction that menace humanity. So let's face the whole problem: no measures, necessary as they are, will suffice to prevent a catastrophe in the long term unless we also curb population growth. It is a very difficult challenge that will require shared sacrifice. But if we don't slow our reproductive rate, nature will have her vengeance. Gabriel R. Navarro Madrid...
...positive and hopeful development. What remains to be seen, once Israel's new government coalition has formed, is whether a Palestinian leadership emerges that is capable of taking the next step forward to a lasting peace. Jeffrey Ellis Los Angeles Climate in Crisis Thank you for your splendid report on global warming [April 3]. The combined effects of scientific and technological advancements and the population growth that accompanies them have become the very real weapons of mass destruction that menace humanity. So let's face the whole problem: no measures, necessary as they are, will suffice to prevent a catastrophe...
...cones of our eyes actually pixelize our view of reality, though with very fine resolution.Artists have long turned to pixels as a medium, from the stunning Roman, Byzantine and early Christian mosaics (think of “Alexander at Issus,” or Ravanna’s splendid ceilings), to the Impressionistic dabs of paint employed by Monet and the Pointillism of Seurat and Signac. Chuck Close became famous for his large-scale portraits, using a grid of abstract pixels to create the larger picture.Smuts’s monochromatic panels recall all this, and also consciously take...
...British monarch traditionally speaks to his subjects as a parent on matters close to all their hearts. By radio from Sandringham last week, Elizabeth told her subjects in a warm, clear voice: "Many grave problems and difficulties confront us all, but with a new faith in the old and splendid beliefs given us by our forefathers, and the strength to venture beyond the safeties of the past, I know we shall be worthy...
...cynical 1952, Britons and Americans alike were often too plagued by doubt to venture beyond the safeties of their past. In Elizabeth II, by God's grace Queen, Defender of the Faith, each might see a reminder of what was old and splendid, and also a fresh, imperative summons to make the present worthy of remembrance...