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Opponents make three broad arguments, the simplest of which concerns radiation. In its just-published position paper on whole-body scanning, the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine estimates that subjects receive between 10-20 millisieverts of radiation per scan - a "non-trivial" dose, especially if the person has regular scans. (Nuclear facility workers are limited to an annual radiation dose of 30-50 mSv.) N.S.W. licensing laws require operators to explain to patients that "persons under the age of 50 years are more at risk of developing cancers as a result of the procedure...
...official, the circular was prompted by "a renewed concern" that fury at the U.S. for its occupation of Iraq or its support of Israel could move some extremists to attempt to bring the war to the American homeland. "At the end the day, it's probably one of the simplest forms of attack, and it's one of the hardest to detect," says one counter-terror veteran...
...Boston gay weekly under the name Madame Cheva. He does not deny that he can be "deliberately unusual." The spelling of his first name comes from an attempt to trace the origin of his junk mail. He is prone to disconcertingly lengthy pauses in the midst of even the simplest sentences. His tiny Manhattan apartment is crammed with more than 90 musical instruments, all of which he can play. He rarely socializes. "I'm not a party type," says Merritt. "I go to cafes and bars and nightclubs and sit in the corner and write songs. It is unthinkable...
...store out of its death spiral, he got employees to start offering product demonstrations in every department, including fashion shows. It took a full 12 months for sales to climb back to pre-Wal-Mart levels, and, says Jensen, the most successful measure that year was also the simplest: "Talking to people, making them feel at home...
Sure, people want to leave traces. The simplest of private legacies is the handing down of a family Bible, for example. There are great public legacies--people who may have accumulated a great deal of wealth, and they give a wing on a hospital...