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Show OPINIONS “Weare dedicated to thepublicinterest, to fairness and accuracy, fo innovation and growth, and to the restless pursuit of excellenc — Pulitzer n statement EDITOR: MARK EDDINGTON 344 B10 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER19,1998 “THE DAILY HERALD Hussein surrenders, iPACSUt. IN, <4“OU SEND TW AAINFECT We KICK inerectos butis still the victor Once again, Saddam Hussein's EDITORIAL ROUNDUP subtle game has won, at least partially \fter provoking the U.S. re ction with his refusal to allow U.N. inspections, Saddam stepped backat he last minute. And President Clinton was forced to suspendthe i Thunder” military opera In explaining his decision, Clinton lerlined Saddam’s unconditional but couldn't say that the ates appeared to be ¢ aq accepted to resume arms nspections. \ll the other members of the U.N. Security Council appeared satisfied with Saddam's response, including v British, and theattack would be » longer fied in front of global iblic opinior The “non-war" has been yet anothr success for U.N. retary General Kofi Annan, who negotiated with Iraq ) the last minute Sut Saddam Hussein is. too, : parwinner: he gaveinto military threats, but also showed the whole vorld the problemoftough economic netions, whichs! e the [Iraqi peole but leave the regimeintact This editorial appeared recentlyin La Stampa, Turin, Italy. chance. And as pressure from the out side grows, Saddamfinds it increasingly light to appeal to national feel- ind to enstire support from the This editorial appeared recently in ‘ue Kronen Zeitung, Vienna. The Japanes government's latest economic program is being regarded skeptically, above all in terms of its long-term effects. ‘ot least is the question of who will pay for the large-scale plan to economy For nonths the United States has led the criticism of Japan from countries who are complaining it provided boost inadequate help in overcoming the Asian crisis at the right moment, before 3ill Clinton's arrival in Japan on Thursday, P'yemier Keizo Obuchi has Won an important f ve of this su argument in the ined bombardment of criticism Tokyo has launched the biggest economic pre cram in its history. nth pre amsince Whether Sadi m Husseinis testing (the vorld’s) patience. And onehas to vonderat the patienceofhis sub: ects. He has done so many bad things to them, expects so much more trom themandhis regimeis so brutal. Yet, up to now, no rebellion against him has had thesmallest the speculative bubt je economy burst at the beginning of the 90s will bring for upturn, or whetherit ast check the ‘cycle ofree sion. s Obuchi calls it, is another question entirely This editorial appeared recently in Basler Zeitu Basel, Switzerland. Scientific breakthrough raises ethical questions BOSTON — Could we pause for AT LARGE a moment in our race past the new scientific landmarks? We went by this one so fast that webarely had time for more than a single ” tem cells in the lab, Eventually, we © an endless supply of cells, tissue ng as they sped along. But there = many ethical cans tied to this entific breakthroughas rattle nd bridal getaway car. man embryonic stem ce of course from embryos. The earch done by biologist James homson used the spare embryos rom in-vitro fertilization clinics These were donated by couples who ave no further use of them. The ELLEN GOODMAN the long, torturous abortion debate. Is a fertilized c moral status toa baby? it nothing but undiffer: entiated tissue? What protection does rve? In what ways, if any, is it it deserv ethical to use it The abortion argument can easily distort the complexity ofthe scientific researe gpossibilities of ste don’t fit neatly into the “pro-life” « lingo, How do pro-choice you balance the life of a frozen embryo and a paralyzed ess banned federal embryos were not yet at the stag when they could be implanted. ch that might harm So today we have es producing ¢ Is for For those who forgot Biology ifter taking Politics 101, only i privat third fall embryos become babies natural profit Only a fourth of those used in fer ments develop to birt! The lity ty mbryonic »m cells isolated from ese embryos would never iy ther elves become babies. took the federal government off the But anything having to do with the material of human life tises ques tions that have been locked in over Doonesbury language of Utah. I think that to deny immigrants the help they need to become adjusted to a new life in a new country with a new language is very meanspirited By opting out of funding, Con political hot seat but alsoout of the oversight business. That has left us cern and a priva crowded modernlifestyle. | had the impression that our community was. also following a national trendof complacency. But then something occurred nation, Just as will happennowif were compassionateandprofessional and I was impressed with how quick- isa columnist for tury is harderto find in a busy and that changed this feeling my thanks, and the thanks of my family. : A strong sense of community and compassion certainly exists here! Shirleen Cooper Provo Term limits pose problems Nowthat theelectionis over, I think its timeto discuss issues rationally without the hyperbole ofelec» tion politics. The issueI'd like to diss cuss is termlimi To me, there are two questions lating to term limit: The first is the question of conseniority. If term limi areto be implemented, they must bé implementedwith all states equally or some states will dominatecongressional committees and chairman- Ina recent visit to Thanksgiving Point, my 9-year-old daughterandI ed. The acreageof the immigrants made best effort parkis extensive, so I panicked. After y could to learn Er searching unsuccessfully myself, I ships andthus havetheability to \cceptance of others as they are askedfor helpfromsecurityofficers. dominate any agenda. Therefore, e during the years melded many The membersofthe security staff unless termlimits are equal in all diverse people into our one great allow it First-generation Hispanic immi becamesepa ly they worked together to comb the grounds andthelarge corn maze. Despitetheir efforts, westill had not located mydaughterat closing »wthe other employeesjoined k h and many have the fortune bilingual. Those pe of be are third and fourth gene ition are very much a part of the mainstree m until my daughter was located. A whilelater thelocal police force was addedto thes a © so many f the beautiful ele- coordinate the search, instituting an extensive search that not onlyinclud- of our society. | hope they will never ments of their culture that can only enrich ours LOVEfor our country ind what it stands for ind tries to achieve for examp! 1 Weleoming of others seeking a newlife RESPECT for the other person respect for the fact that the otheris different from us. Not every human to he the same being can be is every other ‘To make language a way that Rep. Rowan su, only prolong the problem. in the will I believe that the immigrants of today deserve the same opportunities s my ancestor did And if we can dof hi Ip that was give them the never offered to my ancestors, | can’t see how it will do anything but speed up the process of Reverend William H. Flegge, Pastor St. Francis of Assisi Churt », Provo Searchers be thanked Eller lonely. Observing theself-absorbed, selfcenteredattitudes ofsomeindividuals canleaveyoufeeling meaningless and The sense of community ion that seemedto be commonintheearlyyears ofthis cen- and eventually will do more harm than good Senator Pete Suazo said, “The problemis that it tends to disenfranchise, to relegate citizens to secondclass status. That’s not what we are about.” Probably the majority ofcitizens of this country have had a cestors who did not speak English. | am sure that these first genere tion grants are st 6 learn, It is not as if they resist char Theirsee: are told, this bre; kthrough could lead LETTERS TO THE EDITOR sentative in the state Legislature to once again make English the official ond generation descendant ta ing every advantage they can to learn slong the medical fast track tnnounced that scientists were finally able to isolate andcultivate embryon ke the layperson’s neck hurt from This letteris in response to the efforts of Tammy Rowan, ourrepre- we Whiz This month, the neon news flash 1 4iins, not to mention cures for problems fromheart disease to Parkinson's. promises were enoughto lhe Love, not language, is what unites us’ Sometimes in my experience as a single parent | have By Garry Trudeau felt isolated and thesearch promising not to leave Thepoliceefficiently helpedto ed the wholepark, but theadjoining golf course and every car that was leaving the park. When theseefforts were unsucc ssful, appropria e agencies wer contacted andevery ailable eme ZeNC »mployee in Lehi joined the ses rch, including the fire and emergency medical departments. Finally, my daughter was located in the park nearly four hoursafter her disappearance, My daughtertold howshe had become confused and frightenedin the dark and hadhidden under a bench and gone to sleep. I can’t tell you of my relief at hersafe return, or my gratitudefor the untir: ing efforts of the people that helped in the search. I amespecially grateful to Thanksgiving Point employees who donated their time with no thought of recognition or reward. I feel overwhelming warmth and gratitude at the unselfish compassion and concern fromthis large group of individuals. I hope that everyone from Thanksgiving Point and the Lehi Police, Fire and Emergency Medical departments will feel the warmth of Mallard Fillmore Prive ‘th Might SEM AS tHougt A Lot oF tHese UNVERsity Stones eg ge techie IN MIND». states, limits cannot be considered constitutional Thesecond question is that of bureaucraticinertia. Unless federal, state and local bureaucrats are put underthe samerestrictions as politi, cians, term limits cannot work. No bureaucrat will be under the domination ofelectedofficials if they know theelectedofficial has to leave under term limits. Long-term bureaucrats will simply delay any distasteful task or issue implementedbylegislatures until elected officials pushing the issueare term-limited out. Think about the prospect of dealing with an intransigent bureaucrat if he or she doesn’t have to answer to a legislator who could be therelonger thanthebureaucrat. If you've ever dealt with a power-hungry bureau¢ who is unanswerableto anyone and nearly impossible to fire, you understand why it is critical that a bureaucrat is answerableto elected, offic Consider what happenedto bureaucrats in the Internal Revenue Service when congressional Democrats abdicated their oversight responsibilities for 17 years, IRS bureaucrats acted impervioustoleg: islative officials. It wasn’t until they wereput underthe gun by a Republican oversight review that they began to reduce taxpayer abu: Until these two issues aresatisfaetorily addressed, | will remain opposed to termlimits RandE.Oertle Springville ByBruceTinsley |