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...saddened by the permanent loss of one of the dining hall’s few redeeming features for the un-caffeinated sub-population among us. Diet Sprite is the holy compromise soda for Dartboard—it offers the opportunity for guilt-free, zero calorie consumption, an opportunity to avoid caffeine while still drinking something sweet and bubbly, and most of all, a replacement beverage for those who hate the plain, non-taste of cold filtered water...
...that have been violated are those that govern the etiquette of complex international relations--the rules of diplomacy. The notion, for example, that the President of the U.S. would challenge our oldest allies to a public showdown is quite remarkable. (Presidents usually do the precise opposite: they struggle to avoid any appearance of disunity.) This is a breathtaking gamble, and the question arises: Is it witting or not? Is the Administration's disdain for diplomatic precedent a strategy--a conscious effort to challenge the institutions and arrangements of the past 50 years--or merely a matter of presidential pique...
...athletes. We just want people to do some kind of physical exercise 30 minutes a day five days a week. There are people who didn't start working out until age 60, and now they're running marathons. Next, eat a balanced diet with more fruits and vegetables. And avoid risky behavior. If you don't smoke, don't start, and be mature about your intake of alcoholic beverages. And take advantage of medical screenings. If you catch something early, you have a better chance of beating...
...Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to issue an emergency travel advisory for parts of Asia, hundreds of cases had been reported in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Singapore's Ministry of Health issued an urgent advisory warning its citizens to avoid travel to China's Guangdong province, Hanoi and Hong Kong, the first areas in which the disease surfaced, "unless absolutely necessary." Taiwan followed suit. Thailand's Health Ministry said it would require passengers embarking from those places for Thailand to undergo preboarding screening. "This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide...
...Monday's decisions certainly announced the failure of diplomacy on Iraq, but diplomacy had always been something of a take-it-or-leave-it sideshow. President Bush's ultimatum makes clear that his goals in Iraq are not limited to disarmament: The only way to avoid a war now is not for the regime to submit to disarmament demands, but for Saddam Hussein to leave town. Talk of regime-change had been played down during the six months that the administration sought UN sanction for an invasion on the grounds that Iraq had failed to heed UN disarmament resolutions. Regime...