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Eskew has taken advantage of his long-standing relationship with the candidate to dispense with much of the imperial hauteur of Goreworld. Although the Vice President had been privately arguing for debates with Bradley as early as last spring, his advisers back then talked him out of it, dismissing such an unorthodox move as insanity for a front runner. Better to ignore Bradley entirely, they argued. "Gore sometimes felt like a prisoner in his own campaign," says a friend in whom the Vice President confided. Some of Gore's Old Guard grumbled privately when he finally laid down his challenge...
...physicians--feeling overworked and discouraged from doing expensive "extra" tests like an MRIs or EKGs--often hand off patients to the ED. Now patients who turn up there are sicker than ever before. Today 20% of visitors are admitted to the hospital, compared with around 12% a decade ago (although some of that increase can be traced to an aging population...
Thornhill and Palmer aren't endorsing rape, of course. In their article in the latest issue of the Sciences--which is already generating a high volume of buzz although their book, A Natural History of Rape, won't be out until April--they say they just want to correct the feminist fallacy that "rape is not about sex," it's about violence and domination. The authors argue, among other things, that since the majority of victims are women of childbearing age, the motive must be lust and the intent, however unconscious, must be to impregnate. Hence rape...
Remember, however, that too much of a good thing can be just as much of a problem as too little. Although it would be hard for youngsters to overdose on EnfaGrow--they would have to consume so many calories that they would stop eating long before they got into trouble--you should monitor their consumption...
...That last point was almost the deal-breaker. The European Union had insisted on requiring genetically modified foods or seeds to be shipped in separate containers. Representatives from the U.S. and Canada balked, swearing that it would cost billions to set up separate distribution systems. Although U.S. farmers lose millions in exports annually because of E.U. consumer fears about their crops, the U.S. negotiating team was prepared to walk out rather than cede the point. In the end, negotiators agreed to settle for labels that note the shipment may contain some genetically modified material. That particular label may become...