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Mr George Bush has spoken up (but not well) in Europe, and has won public agreement that no intermediate-range nuclear missiles would be best. But that is wishful thinking.
Social anthropologists seem bent on having a row among themselves about the late Margaret Mead's monumental study. And not before time. But anthropology as such need not be damaged.
