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...especially conspicuous, since last year's board reflected a widespread--and correct--assumption that U.S. growth would be significant and serve as an engine for the rest of the world. The concerns expressed at the time were largely about whether the Chinese economy risked overheating and whether Europe could pull itself out of a rut. Now "the perception has changed," said panel member Pascal Blanqué, chief economist at France's largest bank, Crédit Agricole. Even though U.S. economic growth of about 4.4% last year far outpaced European growth of about 2%, "the U.S. is now more criticized, while Europe...
...drug delivered through a patch. "The Vicodin wasn't nearly as powerful as the opioid patch," says Palmer, "yet it gave her more pain relief. That tells you this is a patient who wants control. In some patients the psychological impact of being able to open a pill bottle, pull out a pill and take it gives them some sense of control in their life. If you have a pump sending medication into your spine, or a patch on your skin, you in fact may feel out of control...
...work. "We did it!" spokesman Abu Sulaiman crowed to a local radio station a few hours after a bomb on a ferry killed more than 100 passengers last February. At the time, Philippine officials scoffed at the claim because they didn't think the group had the ability to pull off such a deadly attack. (It wasn't until eight months later that the authorities acknowledged that Abu Sayyaf was indeed responsible.) Sulaiman didn't want to be taken so lightly last week. On Valentine's Day, after two bombs exploded in the southern cities of Davao and General Santos...
...will be a long time before a conclusion can be reached about the impact that the decision to invade Iraq has had on the long-term global interests of the U.S. Having initiated the war in Iraq, however, the U.S. must not be in a hurry to pull out, despite criticism and pressure. Instead of setting a time limit for eventual withdrawal, the U.S. must make certain Iraq is no longer a danger to the rest of the world and ensure that Saddam Hussein's Baath Party doesn't make a comeback soon after the U.S. leaves. It does...
...wife recently met a 43-year-old Filipino named Nestor Castillo, and they started chatting about a proposed government program in the Philippines to give poor people food stamps. Castillo was against it: he didn't believe the politicians and the bureaucrats would be able to pull it off honestly. And yet Castillo could use those stamps. Four years ago, he lost his job as a janitor at the Quezon City Hall. He and his family are now scavengers, living out of a wooden pushcart. This is Castillo's idea of happiness: "Once I found nearly half a fried chicken...