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...international scientists reported that ice-free routes have emerged during summer months. Within 20 years, the passage is expected to be passable without an icebreaker escort. This northern route would cut the distance from Hamburg to Yokohama to 6,920 nautical miles, as compared with 11,430 through the Suez Canal. That could lead to more efficient shipping of all sorts of cargo between Europe and Asia--especially oil and other mineral wealth from Siberia...
...about the region: 19 of its 25 states were concerned areas of high risk to U.S. personnel. This despite the fact that the governments of most of these states are U.S. allies. And earlier this week, it was reported that the U.S. Navy has decided temporarily to avoid the Suez Canal, instead rerouting vessels around the southern tip of Africa to reach the Gulf. This was a troubling indicator of the state of the Pax Americana that has prevailed in the region since the Gulf War. After all, the whole point of deploying your navy in distant waters...
...your child does a great job, praise her, but remember: she hasn't dug the Suez Canal. Excessive praise is condescending and counterproductive. If she does a lousy job, acknowledge that some work has been done, but go back out and calmly reinstruct. If your child does the kind of job most kids do--my friend Brian says his yard grows noticeably smaller each time his daughter mows it--tell her how much you appreciate the good start that she has made. Your child--like your garden--is a work in progress...
...Phillips Brooks House. 5 - Harvard endorses 3 women for the Rhodes Scholarship, breaking a 71-year-old tradition that restricted the award to male students. The administrators of the Rhodes program ignore the nominations. 7 - War breaks out in the Middle East as tank battles raged along the Suez Canal and the Golan Heights. Israeli jets bombed the Syrian capital of Damascus and struck Cairo as well. 10 - Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigns, pleading no contest to income tax evasion. Three days later, Nixon nominated House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to replace Agnew. 10 - Nissan Motor Company of Japan...
...million project, like the Suez Canal that preceded it, was an epic assault on nature that employed as many as 43,400 workers at a time--many of whom succumbed to yellow fever while clearing the mosquito-infested swamps. More than 211 million cu. yds. of earth and rock were moved to unite the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The canal cut the voyage from New York to California by 7,800 miles. Leased by the U.S., it returns to Panamanian sovereignty...