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...through the city, as they did before the surge. In many places, artists have painted huge murals on the walls, mostly scenes from Iraq's history, stretching back to the time of Hammurabi. The purpose is to make the walls seem less oppressive, but it also has another, unintended effect - the murals give the walls an air of permanence...
...slight appreciation of the currency helps in capping the rising cost of food and fuel, which have both become concerns due to price inflation. But because dollar-based profits from overseas will drop, corporations could cut back on capital investment and employment, which will have a spillover effect on households. "The negatives outweigh the positives," says Masafumi Yamamoto, head of foreign exchange strategy for Japan at Royal Bank of Scotland...
...Healthful High Dr. Sanjay Gupta's perceptive article about the benefits of exercise didn't mention the euphoric aftermath of a workout [March 3]. As an octogenarian with more than 50 years' experience doing daily exercise, this feel-good effect never fails to reward. It is not just a satisfaction of accomplishment and knowledge that it's good for your health, but it's also a corporeal euphoria: you simply feel better physically right afterward. A 1-m by 2-m floor space is sufficient for the 20-min. routine of calisthenics I developed years ago. The human animal evolved...
...Though few teams would decline an opportunity to rest and retool—according to co-captain David MacDonald, injury-riddled senior Alex Meintel and junior Steve Rolecek have benefited from the time off and could return to the lineup tonight—the bye could have a dampening effect on Harvard. The Crimson entered the break having gone 6-0-1 over its last seven ECAC contests, vaulting from mediocrity to the upper levels of the conference tables. Harvard has lost only twice since late January: a 4-2 blip at Brown on Feb. 1 and the overtime defeat...
...study—“Is there an ‘Emboldenment’ Effect? Evidence from the Insurgency in Iraq”—concludes that “there is a small but measurable cost to open public debate in the form of higher attacks in the short term...