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...heard or read the headlines: that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is deadlier than AIDS; that the killer bug is alarmingly more widespread than anyone thought; that it's in your kids' locker rooms and at your gym. Stories abound of young high-school athletes becoming infected with MRSA and dying within weeks, and you're starting to worry about whether that nick or scrape you just got could be your last...
...time to go on a subcontinental safari. The monsoons are gone, the danger of flooding has passed and the air begins to cool. Tigers are just one of the many delights that await nature lovers in India: elephants, wild boars, cobras and bears also abound. The best way to catch the country's extraordinary fauna is to plan a two- or three-day trip to one of India's numerous national parks, where jeep and elephant-back safaris will take you deep into the forest. Four of the best national parks are listed below; a few days spent...
...there are low-power strategies too, and one of the most effective ones is humor. It's awfully hard to resist the charms of someone who can make you laugh, and families abound with stories of last-borns who are the clowns of the brood, able to get their way simply by being funny or outrageous. Birth-order scholars often observe that some of history's great satirists-Voltaire, Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain-were among the youngest members of large families, a pattern that continues today. Faux bloviator Stephen Colbert-who yields to no one in his ability...
...Rice has certainly shown determination to meet the challenge - her schedule is relentless, her words forceful and urgent. And while doubts abound and crucial aspects of the conference are yet to be settled, Rice insists she wants real results. "We have better things to do than invite people to Annapolis for a photo op," she said Monday in Ramallah. Yet the nature of some of her meetings and the content of some of her statements hint at the serious limitations on what she - and those in the Bush Administration who support her efforts - can accomplish. Rice may insist that "Israelis...
...nostalgic for the old school and, along with students, lament the seemingly inexorable move upscale. Although several new arrivals hint at the promise of a revitalized, unique neighborhood, rising rent costs have left Harvard Square’s diners in a state of flux.THE LOCAL TRADITIONHarvard Square used to abound with small, inexpensive, owner-operated eateries: the Tasty, the Wursthaus, Elsie’s Sandwich Shop, and, yes, the Hong Kong.“All of these places were dives, places that, if you were not in an altered state, you wouldn’t want...