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...make everyone optimistic. Diana Cella Perugia, Italy Nuclear North Korea President Bush's nightmare became a reality when North Korean leader Kim Jong Il joined the exclusive nuclear club [Oct. 30]. Bush's threatening rhetoric only accelerated the country's nuclear research and has opened the door for the spread of nuclear arms to other countries. Imposing economic sanctions on Kim's dictatorial regime would do even more damage. History has proved that such economic sanctions would bring more suffering to the broad population of the country, while the ruthless tyrant, his army generals and his close Communist Party buddies...
Whatever else it is, “successful” is not the word to describe the Bush Administration’s stated policy to spread freedom and democracy in the Middle East. Until recently, ink-stained fingers and a faux-parliament provided enough wool to convince American voters of imminent success in Iraq, but even the bigots on Borat now seem to understand democracy entails more than playing multiple-choice at the ballot...
...called BCG vaccine to fight the disease in the early 1920s. But the present-day BCG method is far from ideal. It requires injecting needles into infants—a risky endeavor in areas where clean needles are hard to find, and where reusing old ones can spread HIV. Moreover, the BCG vaccine must be stored at cool temperatures, complicating its distribution to remote areas...
...mail. Harvard recently decided to expand its list of recyclable plastics to include Solo cups, clamshell Styrofoam containers, and plastic food containers—all of which would have previously been considered trash, house REP representatives said this weekend. Harvard’s REP representatives have worked to spread the news about the recycling-policy changes and about the importance of recycling in general. Representatives said they have tried to increase awareness of the new specifications by putting up posters, using the REP bulletin boards in each house, and sending out e-mails to house lists. “We?...
...think it’s probably going to be better because we’ll have less risk of having people more spread out,” Trahan said of the advantage of having only three large parties...