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After Sept. 4, 1957--"E-day," the day 50 years ago when Ford Motor Co. unveiled its taco-faced disaster, the Edsel--the name dropped off the list altogether, never to return. A quick check of demographic records suggests that a convention of Americans first-named Edsel could be held in a hotel linen closet...
...counting of the vote was done in a fair and transparent fashion. Here, there are varied assessments. We argue that while there may have been mistakes here and there, on the whole it was a credible and fair count. The opposition did not agree. So we said: 'Let's check. Let's review the counting in the presence of foreign observers.' We did that. After we did that, two groups of observers the African Union and the Carter Center said that while there had been some mistakes, the outcome of the election was credible. The observers from the European Union...
...Health. If parents are concerned or if toys are peeling or chipping, she recommends a blood test. The average lead level in the U.S. is 2 mcg/dL of blood. A level of 10 or higher calls for serious action: health officials will work with parents to reduce exposure and check their child's iron, as being low in iron increases the body's absorption of lead. Some city health departments do this kind of workup for any child with a level over...
...list of the greatest TV shows (though greatness was the price of admission) but also a survey of what TV can do--what this influential medium is, has been and is becoming. Here are some of the shows that were instrumental in changing TV and, therefore, changing us. Check out the rest at time.com/100tvshows and let the arguing begin...
...decide whether to continue the surge or begin an inevitable pullback. But even before Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker utter a word to Congress, that debate looks almost moot. Bush appears ready to continue the surge for another six months or so, and the Democrats lack the votes to check him. So what will unfold instead in Washington this month is not a debate about the surge but the beginning of a debate about what comes after: How long will the U.S. be in Iraq? (Probably a decade, possibly more.) How many troops will be needed? (Probably...