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...list of non-military threats to the well-being of American citizens goes on. A recent report by the bipartisan Commission on America's National Interests cited that ensuring the viability and stability of major global systems, such as the environment, was vital to national self-interest. Madeleine Albright recently declared AIDS a threat to U.S. national security. Both decisions were well-substantiated. Environmental problems can either directly affect the well-being of Americans or act indirectly by destabilizing foreign regions, posing a potential threat to the U.S. The same reasoning applies to public health problems, with the AIDS pandemic...
...quality made the experience all the more charming. Thalía's one number in English was a heavily accented version of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," done in full Marilyn regalia. Here, it seemed, was a young woman truly unafraid of comparisons with the then-still-vital Madonna...
...future will want to know about these species, and the lingua franca of biology is increasingly going to be genomic information. If nobody saves the DNA of these samples, it's going to be a very fragmented picture." There is also a present-day, practical side. By providing vital clues to the mingling of subspecies and the types of environment they require, genetic data can help zoologists care for endangered animals in captivity...
...medical facilities must ask their patients to rate their level of pain (children can, for example, point to pictures showing a range of faces from mildly frowning to contorted); and the results must be documented. The idea is to take pain out of the background and make it another "vital sign" that must be attended...
Always fine, anyway. But not invariably mellow, especially when it uses jazz with unapologetic heat to place black history at the vital center of American culture. Burns is relentless on the subject. He has spoken loudly and often about how racism is the thread that binds Jazz together with his previous large-scale work. He and his onscreen docents, like trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the critics Gary Giddins and Stanley Crouch, easily weave the story of the music not only together with history but also with conventional cultural tradition. Mozart and Shakespeare are cited as cultural touchstones for the giants...