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While the intricacies of silicone have provoked a contentious political dispute, a greater social problem has been conspicuously absent from the discussion: the fact that women feel the need to get them in the first pace. No one seems to be questioning the perverted idea that going under intensive surgery and inserting an alien material in one’s body is an acceptable form of dealing with a body image problem...
...decision to go to war without international authorization. Occupying an unruly Iraq looks set to tie down half of the active-duty combat personnel of the U.S. military for months, or even years to come, and the price-tag for the war is $166 billion and counting. Absent some major act of aggression by either North Korea or Iran, a President seeking reelection is unlikely to ask an increasingly anxious nation to commit its lives and treasure to a third war in as many years. Negotiated solutions become possible when both parties to a conflict recognize that they have more...
...lure, but inventory is what counts when selling music. Napster claims 500,000 songs to Apple's 200,000, but our spot check didn't show a big difference. In fact, we saw artists on the iTunes Music Store (the Eagles, Lucinda Williams, the White Stripes) that were absent from Napster's catalog, while the reverse was less pronounced (Nelly Furtado, Lennon/Ono and some titles by They Might Be Giants). You still can't download some heavies like Madonna, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles anywhere. At least, not legally. --By Wilson Rothman
...hoard of journalists at a ?filing center? in a hotel miles from the action. It was wild watching thousands of Filipinos, most friendly, many emerging from the slums, line the streets as Bush?s motorcade sped sometimes inches from the throng. For long stetches police seemed to be absent and you really felt like some crowd might get plowed down...
...much of its charm. The two-story buildings, with their louvered shutters and wide verandas, are set amid wide lawns and behind a screen of casuarina trees that block out the sprawling modern resorts lining much of the rest of the beach. The staff treat guests with a slightly absent-minded graciousness that's distinct from the sometimes forced politeness that seems to be the norm elsewhere. Rooms range from $100 for a standard to about $420 for a suite. (tel: 60-4-881-1511/1512; www.lone pinehotel.com...