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...falling smoking rates. "I'm not arguing that we know for a fact that the increased weight level of people in developed nations is entirely benign," says author Campos. "It might not be. But it very well might. Given that we don't know the underlying causes ... the best approach is to ask whether people's overall health is getting better or worse. It's clearly getting better. The only reply the obesity alarmists have to this is that it will stop getting better and start getting worse...
...permanent collection, Paris' beloved Musée des Arts Décoratifs will reopen its doors Sept. 15. The museum, which encompasses the northwest wing of the Louvre and has been a Parisian institution since 1905, has been closed for 10 years. The restored and redesigned galleries reflect a new approach to presentation. The permanent collection, with pieces ranging from furniture by Baroque master André-Charles Boulle to contemporary designs by Philippe Starck and Marc Newson, will be displayed chronologically and by artist or workshop, allowing visitors to understand the historical and cultural contexts from which the works are derived. The sweeping...
...other conglomerate, private-equity firms aren't in the investment for the long haul. Brands bought today will undoubtedly be on the market again in five or so years, sold to another private-equity firm or a luxury conglomerate?or they are taken public. "It's a different approach," says William Cody, a professor in retail and marketing at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. "Gucci is looking to build a brand to fold into its business. Private equity is looking to build a brand to sell. They always have an exit strategy." So if things aren't working...
...Stem Cells: The Hope and The Hype" [Aug. 7] mischaracterized altered nuclear transfer (ANT), a project with which I am associated, as an approach that involves the use of an embryo that dies. ANT produces cells that have the same power and potential as embryonic stem cells but that do not have the same essential properties of the fertilized embryo. So ANT neither creates nor destroys human embryos. Further exploration of this project has been endorsed by leading moral philosophers and religious authorities as well as the President's Council on Bioethics...
...dotted line. We want to move to a two-state solution, but we are not going to go back and forth with lawyers until we get there. We need to start building things on the ground. What we have seen with Israel and its Arab neighbors is a unilateral approach. I think it has finally dawned on our friends in Israel that that doesn't work...