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...idea of bestness, however, like a list itself, is an illusion. There is no "best." Bestness is a way of making something subjective appear objective. And best lists are a collection of the biases, or at least the interests, of those who make them. These lists incite a certain introspection too. For example, some of the Values That Made a Resurgence This Year...
...Israelis appear surprisingly calm about the possibility of an Iraqi missile attack, it is largely owing to their faith in the air force, the elite military branch. Last week that trust was deeply shaken when air force Brigadier General Rami Dotan, former chief of logistics and Israel's leading expert on aircraft engines, started talking about his role in the biggest bribery scandal ever to rock the defense establishment...
...beef, lamb or pork as a daily main dish ran 2 1/2 times the risk of developing colon cancer as did those who ate the meats less than once a month. One surprise: eating dairy products, which also tend to be high in animal fats, did not appear to increase the disease risk. The conclusions are drawn from a study of 88,751 nurses that was begun in 1980. The women filled out diet and medical questionnaires and were resurveyed at intervals over the next six years; 150 of the nurses developed colon cancer. The researchers believe their findings apply...
...maintain conditions suitable for life. In SimEarth this means that as the heat from the sun increases 25%, as it has during the past few billion years, changes will automatically occur in factors like the rate of cloud formation to keep the surface temperature relatively stable. The feedback loops appear most valuable when they are turned off, as they were when I played in the "hard game" mode. Suddenly, rather than "playing" God, I found myself working overtime to keep my oceans from boiling away, my jungles from bursting into flame and my populations from suffering yet another mass extinction...
Swedes have long fretted that E.C. membership would dilute their country's elaborate welfare apparatus. But with the economy in decline, there seemed little to lose from joining the Community. There appear to be no insurmountable obstacles to the admission of Sweden, given its modern economy and stable government...