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...Fort Knox's armor school have been encouraged by the success of the Russian army's blitzkrieg. Moscow's triumph suggests that there is wisdom behind Defense Secretary Robert Gates' insistence that the U.S. be prepared to wage "full-spectrum operations" - not just the past five years of irregular warfare that America has been engaged in, with small units of soldiers patrolling Baghdad streets and Afghan mountains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strategic Lessons of Georgia | 8/18/2008 | See Source »

...heavily managed media tour into Tskhinvali on Thursday, the army forced photographers to stay inside locked armored personnel carriers. Yet on Tuesday, before Human Rights Watch issued its report, it allowed photographers to stand with their torsos outside the vehicle to see burning buildings and irregular fighters carting away home appliances. On the ride out of the city on Thursday, commanders allowed a Russian TV reporter to sit outside the vehicle - even while they claimed to fear snipers - while they pushed me roughly back into the vehicle when I tried to stick my head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russian Army Denies Civilian Attacks | 8/15/2008 | See Source »

...months, when parental bonds are firmly established and when many infants begin transitioning from milk to solid foods. Kim acknowledges that it's still not clear what causes weight gain in babies in day care, but she speculates that it may have something to do with their irregular eating patterns and caregivers' different feeding habits. Infants who are cared for at home, for example, can expect a constant and consistent feeding pattern. But a baby who spends her days in day care may get fed every time she cries, as a soothing mechanism. "We need to look at feeding practices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Babies Gain More Weight in Day Care | 7/8/2008 | See Source »

Cari has been just as stunned by the changes in her once outgoing father, but lately she has had some odd symptoms of her own. Though only 35, she has begun to experience hot flashes, and her menstrual periods have become brief and irregular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fragile X: Unraveling Autism's Secrets | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...suffers a seizure, says Blumenthal, "we can't rule out anything cardiovascular or cerebrovascular." That means that tests of the electrical activity of Kennedy's heart will be useful in isolating any potential abnormalities in his heart function, such as a slow heart rate or an irregular heartbeat, that could have contributed to the seizure. CAT scans and MRIs of the brain will also be needed to ensure that Kennedy's episode wasn't caused by a tumor or infection in the brain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kennedy Shows No Signs of Stroke | 5/18/2008 | See Source »

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