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...everyone is convinced by the science behind the concept. "There's conflicting evidence as to the extent to which HLA plays a role in what we call mate choice," says Peter Donnelly, director of Oxford's Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics. But GenePartner is betting that the lovelorn will give it a shot. For now, for $99, you can order a kit, swab your cheek, mail it to Switzerland and get your GenePartner ID. You can then be matched with anybody in the GenePartner database. Eventually, you'll be able to take your ID with you from dating site...
...almost as if he's wishing that this country would be attacked again in order to make his point.' CIA Director LEON PANETTA, on former Vice President Dick Cheney's persistent criticism of the Obama Administration's approach to combating terrorism. Panetta dubbed Cheney's approach "gallows politics...
...vote. But in the meantime, health proponents are likening the Senate provision to legal requirements for a clothing label - i.e., what it's made of. "Isn't information that can help you avoid obesity and diabetes as important as knowing how to wash your blouse?" says Margot Wootan, director of nutrition policy for the nonpartisan Center for Science in the Public Interest. (See how many calories are in the Dunkin' Donuts Sausage, Supreme Omelet & Cheese Bagel...
...collision of the bitter and the sweet, an abiding love for Dixieland jazz, classic Hollywood movies and his hometown--and somehow made his freshest film in ages. After four pictures abroad, two of which (Match Point and Vicky Cristina Barcelona) were pretty good, the 73-year-old writer-director has found new vigor and warmth in his old surroundings. Melody's perky nature rubs off on Boris and on the entire enterprise. No kidding: this is the feel-good movie of the year and a cinematic soul massage...
...sense of urgency is most pronounced in the developing world, where a job in tourism can be the difference between poverty and prosperity. In Kenya, a single employee at a hotel or restaurant supports four other people, according to Gerson Misumi, managing director of Tamarind Management, a hospitality firm in Kenya and South Africa: "There's a chain of services that depend on our industry." Adds Lipman of the UNWTO: "Tourism is a good development agent because poor countries don't have to manufacture it." Developing nations already have their product--nature, culture, tradition--and all that's required...