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...exercise. "No one knows for sure," he says, "but we are now looking at people who have exercise-induced asthma and investigating the inflammatory cascade that happens in the airway, comparing people who have been diagnosed with [non-exercise-induced] asthma to people who don't have asthma, to understand what makes them different or the same...
Kids of Courage The article about young cancer survivors spoke to me [Aug. 20]. I had cancer when I was 13. Having had cancer at a young age, I look at life very differently, and I can help others understand how they can reach their own milestones in life. I too had chemotherapy and radiation and a whole host of side effects. I have been free of cancer for nearly 20 years, and with the medication I'm on, I stand a good chance of a normal life. Survivor Karen Dyer, featured in your report, is a wonderful role model...
...Clouds of Jet Exhaust In "The fog of flying" [Aug. 20] Pico Iyer described his "week in the clouds" on business flights. I fail to understand what the purpose of such frenzied flying might be. Iyer apparently assumes that such behavior will impress people, but it certainly doesn't impress me. Sorry, but such senseless jet-hopping has nothing to do with cultivated travel - plus it adds significantly to environmental pollution. And who the heck pays for that? Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus, FRANKFURT, GERMANY...
...Bush said, "Obviously there's concerns about families, rotations. People who have got young kids want to be with their kids. I understand that. On the other hand, many of them reup," he said, arguing that reenlistment rates are high in Anbar. Would service members' concerns affect his decision about troop levels later this month? "The main factor that will affect my decision on troop levels is, can we succeed, what does it take to succeed?" Bush answered. "Because failure would lead to harm to America, is what I believe. As a matter of fact I'm certain...
...Blacks coach Graham Henry has been cutting through in the build-up to the Blacks' opening match against Italy in Marseilles on Sept. 8. Henry sounds like the opposite of a man in denial: "The success of our rugby team is important to the psyche of the nation - we understand that, we agree with that and we live by that." Under the former headmaster, the All Blacks have been potent, winning 38 of their 43 matches since the last Cup. In that time, they've dominated the two sides ranked immediately below them, Australia and France, running up 61 points...