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Every once in a while, a story about a bizarre pharmaceutical side effect races through the media like a brush fire on a dry, windy day. This time the blaze is coming from the hot-selling sleeping pill called Ambien and its apparent ability to compel some users to eat voraciously in their sleep. Never mind the fact that this particular side effect is seemingly rare--or that it was first reported four years ago. Thousands of sleep-deprived Americans are now wondering if Ambien could turn them into mega-munching zombies...
...intended to enforce a corrosive policy,” said the spokesman, John D. Longbrake.Department of Defense spokeswoman Lt. Col. Ellen G. Krenke wrote in an e-mail yesterday that in enforcing the Solomon Amendment, the Pentagon is “not asking for special treatment or seeking to compel or suppress free speech.”“We simply want to be able to compete on an even playing field for the best and brightest that our nation’s universities have to offer,” Krenke wrote.‘WARNING: DISCRIMINATING EMPLOYER INSIDE?...
...reasonable definition, there has been a civil war in progress in Iraq at least since the Coalition Provisional Authority formally handed over authority to the Iraqis in 2004. A civil war is a violent conflict within a country fought between organized groups seeking to compel a major change in government policies or to take control of the center or a region. The insurgents in Iraq target the U.S. military, but they are also fighting against the Shi'ite-dominated Iraqi government and killing large numbers of Iraqis. There is little reason to think that if the U.S. suddenly withdrew...
...kinderfeindlich, which can translate as misogynistic and anti-kids, respectively. German attitudes toward women and work must change, or we will find ourselves living in a very sad, cynical and decrepit society. Gianna Stefanutto Munich Some societies force women to choose between work and family. Other societies don't compel that choice but simply allow it to occur structurally. And in other societies hourly wages are so low that the only way a couple can afford children is for both parents to work full time. Are you sure Germany belongs to the first group and not the second? And what...
...Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt spent last week on damage-control patrol, trying to placate anxious seniors and state lawmakers angry about footing the bill for Medicare's mistakes. Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe said Leavitt reassured her on Friday that the Federal Government would use its authority to compel insurance plans to reimburse the states directly. Maine has spent $5 million...