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...economic downturn might divert resources that could otherwise be used for such projects as restoring wetlands and rivers. But Denis Hayes, the leading organizer of Earth Day, argues that hard times might have the positive benefit of causing people and businesses to change their throwaway mentalities and adopt a more conserving approach...
...protecting the books, one feasible solution is to adopt the method used by the U.S. Customs service--random spot checks. A great majority of those leaving the libraries would be allowed to leave unmolested. But a few--let's say one out of twenty--would be stopped and thoroughly checked. The implied threat of being caught should be enough of a discouragement to potential thieves...
Because their disease is more acute, Type I diabetics have been particularly motivated to adopt strict treatment regimens. "The long-term complications of this disease scare the hell out of me," declares Ken McDonald, a 45-year-old computer engineer from Wellesley, Mass. Instead of sticking with the traditional treatment of two insulin shots a day, he began what is called "intensive therapy" four years ago. In that approach, he receives insulin more or less continuously, as needed. Around his waist McDonald wears an insulin pump the size of a pager, which infuses the hormone through a slender needle positioned...
...faithfully conflated in Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, we had not yet learned to call marriages of this kind "traditional," putting a slight, sneering spin on the word. Just as this movie refuses to impose a thrusting dramatic structure on a story that is all incident, it also refuses to adopt anachronistic sociological attitudes toward its people. It retains novelist Connell's tone -- one of ironic compassion -- and sustains as well the perfect pitch of his voice, never going flat or sharp. That is to say it neither falls into easy sentiment nor strains for cheap satire. Instead it grants...
...week, the President conceded that there is "a ticking of the clock" toward war, in part because public support for his policies is dropping. That, in turn, owes to his failure to convincingly state the case for his strategy. The gravest risk is that Bush may feel compelled to adopt a more aggressive stance before the consensus deteriorates further. The President would be well advised to clarify his goals when he sits down to dinner with the troops. There will be plenty of Americans back home intently listening...