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...directly attacking U.S. personnel, which would tend to prompt the Pentagon to expand its commitment. And the human rights record of the Colombian military Washington is currently re-equipping and training certainly won't win any prizes - many of its officers have been widely reported to be working hand in glove with the paramilitary groups responsible for a number of massacres of civilians...
...White House and the majority on Capitol Hill believe that without the aid, the Colombian state is in danger of collapse, which in the end would be good news only for the narco-traffickers and the Marxist tycoons who protect them. On the other hand, regional leaders have pointed out that even if "Plan Colombia" succeeds in lowering production of narcotics in that country, that would simply displace the problem across the border into Brazil, Venezuela or Peru. As long as there's a bullish market for drugs in the U.S. and grinding poverty in Latin America, there's little...
...well maintained, would reduce a working farmer's work, make it easier from him to bring crops and dairy cans and livestock to market. Maybe it is offensively yuppie of me to sit out here wiping dust off my computer screen and hoarding my elite seclusion. (On the other hand, I pay honestly for it by driving two and a half hours if I want to go to the city...
...Automated Electronic Defibrillator segment is prefaced by a thought so personal and so chilling that my previous association with the shock machines as mere props in the hands of George Clooney vanishes forever. The instructor tells us that for every minute a victim of cardiac arrest awaits defibrillation, his chances of survival decrease 10%. She pauses long enough for us to do the math - probably dead after 10 minutes. Then she ominously leaves the phrase "In New York City..." hanging in the air. "There is a less than 1% survival rate for cardiac arrest in New York City...
...recent study indicated that within the first two years, 36% of grieving kids show symptoms troubling enough to warrant seeking professional mental-health care. So the book explains to parents how to find a counselor or a therapist if need be. Families will find the Emswilers' book a steadying hand at a rocky time...