recently there has been a discussion regarding the issue of knowl-edge in the newspaper. as can be
seen from the picture, knowledge is symbolized by a clenched fist as power. the fist sends out message for "obedience", threatening to crack with power any hard nut. the more demanding and challenging a task is, the more powerful the fist seems to grow. similarly, knowledge, the strongest power for human
beings, feeds up the field of science and technology. the more ad-vanced and developed a field is, the more profound knowledge seems to become.
a specific example is the dunaping of mir, russia's space station. as is the case of the russian space program, the country could no longer afford to keep mir aloft in orbit because of lack of financialsupport. therefore, russia decided to dump the space station. the effect is both immediate and farreaching. as far as the present is concerned, the succes