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...from its all-time high and down 26% for the year. The Dow and broader market gauges are down for the year too. With so much damage on the books, it would require superhuman restraint by investors not to greet future rallies with some selling in a bid to get even and get out, or just take some risk off the table...
Until quite recently, most cardiologists put little value on pictures of the heart. They assumed that it was impossible to get a truly accurate image of an organ in constant motion. But with improvement in the technology for snapping freeze-frames of the beating heart, physicians have started to rely more and more on images of the heart not just for looking at problem areas but also for predicting the likelihood of future heart trouble...
...Penry's original 1980 conviction had not been asked to consider his mental capabilities when deciding on punishment. The court sent the case back to Texas, where Penry was once again convicted and sentenced to death. His lawyers contend that in the second trial, jury members did not get clear instructions to evaluate his mental maturity...
...There are more gay characters on TV now, but they're mostly clowns or eunuchs," says Ron Cowen, who executive produces the show and co-wrote the pilot with his life partner, Daniel Lipman. The two have battled the networks to get gay characters on the air since they wrote the Emmy-winning An Early Frost, the first TV movie about aids, back in 1985. When they created NBC's Sisters in 1991, says Lipman, they tried unsuccessfully to make one of the leads gay. So they were attracted by the British QAF's "unapologetic" attitude--about things like drug...
...often impressive, borrow heavily from the British QAF, though this version is more of an ensemble. Its style is pleasingly candy-colored and frenetic, even if after a few too many whooshing camera moves, you will think you're watching The Gaytrix. QAF is too funny and fresh to get maudlin, thanks especially to the surprisingly versatile Sparks, whose Michael, a romantic with an unrequited crush on Brian, is the de facto liaison to the straight world: "He's so accessible," says Sparks, "he almost forgets he's gay." Harold's preening-sexpot performance can be stiff (not just...