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...Pollard case may affect America's special relationship with Israel, which is already privy to many U.S. military secrets. "We are shocked and saddened that something like this might occur," said State Department Spokes man Charles Redman. "We have been in touch with the Israelis to try to get to the bottom of this." In Tel Aviv, a Foreign Ministry spokesman denied all knowledge of the matter...
...course, always an elusive objective. When Researcher Douglas Kirby, head of the Washington-based Center for Population Options, studied the behavioral effects of sex education, he found them to be few and far between. Sex-education graduates certainly knew more about reproduction, but that did not significantly affect their habits. There was, however, one important exception. Kirby found that when sex-education programs are coupled with efforts to help teenagers obtain contraceptives, the pregnancy rate drops sharply...
...result of higher oil prices last year; in contrast, Southwest's hedging reduced its energy costs by $455 million, helping bump its 2004 earnings to $313 million. According to Vaughn Cordle of Airline Forecasts, oil would have to shoot past an average of $65.30 per bbl. this year to affect Southwest's bottom line--not a likely scenario. "You have to have foresight, wisdom and some courage to hedge," says Tammy Romo, Southwest's treasurer...
...environmental protests are common and underground churches thriving--and yet in which information is tightly controlled and long prison sentences are handed out for those who transgress dimly defined laws on state secrets? Chinese officials bristle at American finger wagging and warn that how the U.S. treats China will affect Beijing's posture. For each side, finding--and maintaining--common ground will require understanding what's truly happening on the other side of the globe...
...future and that of the U.S. are linked. It isn't just down vests--or toys or shoes--that bind the U.S. and China together. China holds billions of dollars of U.S. debt; its companies increasingly compete with U.S. ones for vital resources like oil; its geopolitical behavior will affect the outcome of issues of key importance to U.S. policymakers, like North Korea's nuclear arms capacity. Although their political cultures are radically different, in many ways and many areas both countries essentially want the same things...