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...taxpayers' dollars on policies with a history of failure. Lastly, it will embroil the U.S. unnecessarily in the hemisphere's worst internal conflicts. Not only will this bill fail to achieve its objectives, it will waste U.S. taxpayers' money while deepening the crises in democracy and human rights that afflict the countries where drugs are produced and transported...
...birth and the raw materials that fed his literary imagination. Now 41 and teaching English and creative writing at Emory University in Atlanta, Ha Jin had the good luck to be born outside the U.S. and hence be protected from the homogenizing and potentially trivializing influences that afflict so many U.S.-born aspiring authors. Beginners are advised to "write about what you know." Ha Jin inherited a frame of reference broader than...
...number of tuberculosis cases worldwide has leveled off for the first time in decades thanks to a new treatment plan which trains health care workers to make sure patients take their medicine. But the organization warned the skyrocketing number of TB cases in former Soviet bloc countries could afflict Western Europe and possibly the rest of the world if the plan is not vigorously applied there. The treatment strategy, known as DOTS -- Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course -- simply instructs medical workers, teachers and others to observe TB patients more closely in order to prevent them from terminating their treatment plans...
...Raise another glass to ALCOHOL. One or two drinks a day seem to cut by one-third the risk of developing clogged arteries in the legs--a pain-ful, sometimes dangerous condition that tends to afflict the elderly. Alcohol probably helps legs the same way it helps the heart--by raising good hdl cholesterol...
...least through Christmas. To many Americans, the battles over Medicare and Medicaid quickly dissolve into a confusing blur of federal health programs whose names sound virtually identical. But Medicaid demands special attention. Going too far for the sake of savings could worsen many of the problems that already afflict America's increasingly divided society...