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Reid, Tim and Doran, James. “Nasa 'ignored'
shuttle safety alert.” The Times (UK). February 3, 2003.
NASA was last night accused of ignoring
warnings from its own technicians and government auditors that a space
shuttle disaster was imminent.
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Janis Ian: After I first posted downloadable music, my merchandise sales
went up 300%... |
Ian, Janis. “Don't Sever a High-Tech Lifeline
for Musicians.” Los Angeles Times. February 2, 2003 |
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takes fatal OD as Internet pals watch... |
Kennedy, Helen. “He takes fatal OD as
Internet pals watch.” New York Daily News. February 1, 2003
“I told u I was hardcore.”
Those were the last coherent words Brandon Vedas, 21, typed into the
computer in his Phoenix bedroom as he showed off for Internet pals
watching on a Web cam by swallowing more and more prescription drugs.
Vedas died online as a crowd of virtual onlookers egged him to “eat more!”
A chilling record of the Jan. 12 chat reads like an Internet version of
the notorious 1964 Kew Gardens, Queens, stabbing of Kitty Genovese as her
neighbors watched from their windows.
In Vedas' case, some did try to help — begging him to stop, to call 911,
to get his mother from the next room. After he passed out, some tried
frantically to figure out his location while others argued against getting
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Sappenfield, Mark. “In one US city, life under a UN treaty on women.”
Christian Science Monitor. January 30, 2003. |
When San
Francisco adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women in 1998, it put a unique twist on the issue
of women's rights in America. Twenty-three years after President Carter
signed CEDAW, the US Senate has not passed it. Indeed, San Francisco
remains the only city or state that has codified the treaty into law. |
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Taranto, James. “Best
of the Web Today.” OpinionJournal.com. February 2, 2003.
America Sucks It Up
If our personal experience is anything to
go by, this is a bad emotional misreading. Yesterday's news did not spark
“unsettled feelings“; it revived old familiar ones. Anyone over 25 is old
enough to remember the Challenger explosion, which did spark “unsettled
feelings.“ It did so, though, because it was a new experience. Like Sept.
11, it took time to sink in; only with the passage of time did we “know“
how to feel about it. In contrast, yesterday's disaster, while intensely
sad, was not traumatic--except of course for those whose loved ones died
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Purdum, Todd S. “Disaster Stirs
Already Unsettled Feelings Across the Country.” The New York Times.
February 2, 2003.
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Taranto, James. “Best
of the Web Today.” OpinionJournal.com. February 2, 2003.
The Price of Appeasement
A priceless artifact was lost when the
Columbia broke up: a pencil drawing that Israeli mission specialist Ilan
Ramon had brought along. Titled “Moon Landing“ (and shown alongside), it
depicted the Earth seen from the moon, as imagined by a young visionary
named Peter Ginz some six decades ago. The Nazis murdered Peter Ginz at
Auschwitz in 1944. (Ramon's mother was also an Auschwitz inmate, but she
survived.)
Peter was 14, so if he had lived, he would
be about 10 years younger than John Glenn. Who knows--if the West had
stopped Hitler earlier, Peter Ginz just might have grown up to become an
astronaut. |
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Venyavsky, Venyavsky. “Russians
Mark Battle of Stalingrad.” The Washington Post. February 2,
2003. |
Minutes of
silence were held throughout the city, and the ceremony shifted to a
massive monument – a woman representing the Motherland, holding a sword
high in the air and towering near a mass grave of 35,000 veterans and
civilians of the victims who died defending the city against Nazi
invaders. |
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“Texas
Teacher Accused of Rape Arrested.” The Washington Post.
February 1, 2003. |
FORT WORTH,
Texas –– A substitute teacher at a school for troubled youths was arrested
on a warrant accusing him of raping a 14-year-old girl in a classroom
while other students watched.. |
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Tang, Alisa. “Thailand
Welcomes Cambodia's Apology.” The Washington Post. January 31,
2003. |
BANGKOK,
Thailand –– The foreign minister of Thailand on Friday welcomed Cambodia's
apology and offer of compensation for mob violence against its embassy and
Thai-owned businesses but stopped short of restoring full diplomatic
relations. |
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McShane, Larry. “Wronged
DA Awaits Apology From Sharpton.” The Washington Post. January
31, 2003. |
NEW YORK –– On
33 occasions, the Rev. Al Sharpton and two associates declared that a
little-known prosecutor in outlying Dutchess County had kidnapped, abused
and raped a 15-year-old black girl, Tawana Brawley. |
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Gordon, Sandra. “What no one tells you about
childbirth.” JewishWorldReview.com. January 31, 2003. |
Vomiting? Shivering? Ripping your clothes
off? Here's the lowdown that you won't read in a book. |
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