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...title is a line from Kipling--Max Boot, the Wall Street Journal's editorial-features editor, argues that the U.S. should not fear engaging in small wars to improve the lot of those in lands less happy than ours. "Yes, there is a danger of imperial overstretch and hubris," writes Boot, "but there is an equal, if not greater, danger of undercommitment and lack of confidence." And now comes Bush, setting out, in the way that colonial powers once did, the steps the Palestinians must take before the U.S. will recognize a Palestinian state: find new leaders, write a constitution...
...losses. In his memo to employees explaining America's latest corporate disgrace, Sidgmore wrote last Wednesday, "Our customers can count on WorldCom to meet their communications needs today and tomorrow." The memo that circulated included one wag's cynical addition: "Friday is sort of doubtful." Sidgmore went on to write, "I know I can count on you to be with me." To which the wag had tacked on: "Don't bother with a resume; no other telecoms are hiring...
...employees made a series of $200 campaign contributions to a local politician and were illegally reimbursed by the company. In 1995 WorldCom pleaded guilty to a felony charge and paid a $120,000 penalty. Moore says the evidence "showed that it was Bernie Ebbers who asked those employees to write those checks." (Ebbers could not be reached for comment...
...either. Particularly since the events of last September, we sense that there's something enormous and strange ahead of us--in the darkness, over the mountains, through the trees--but we have no idea what it is or how far off. To find it, face it and live to write the story, we'll have to be resourceful, lucky, patient, flexible and observant, much as Lewis and Clark were. We'll have to row into the current of our ignorance, one stroke at a time...
...they took the time to write down in their journals everything they saw. If not for the piecemeal epic the captains scratched out while crouching on hillsides and squatting on riverbanks, we might not remember Lewis and Clark at all. "There are a lot of very terse diarists in the world who say, 'Proceeded up river and camped,'" says Limerick. "We're very lucky to be their heirs because of their fluidity of words...