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...tells her life story from an armchair in front of the fireplace in her Eliot House office, her legs casually tucked underneath her, Bruzelius admits that she's never really done what's been expected...
Here's a fun quiz for all you armchair oncologists. A 50-year-old man gets a blood test that measures his PSA (prostate-specific antigen)--a substance that is produced only by the prostate. His results edge just past normal, which probably means he has an enlarged prostate. No big deal. Or he could have prostate cancer. "This must be our unlucky day," says his wife, also 50, when he tells her. "I just found out that my mammogram is positive." Which spouse is more likely to have cancer...
From the position of an armchair general, it is difficult to know whether an air war is enough; however, it would be wise to maintain the use of ground troops as an option. Doing otherwise would send the signal that the U.S. is prepared to punish genocide only when the perpetrators are easy targets for bombardment...
...Belgrade with a "final, final" warning. In an ornate reception room with a Rembrandt on the wall, Holbrooke settled into the sofa on which he had sat for hours on other diplomatic shuttles, his back to a window that looked out onto a garden. Milosevic settled into his usual armchair...
...sailor, explorer, inventor, best-selling author, prizewinning filmmaker, passionate environmentalist and canny businessman. Instantly recognizable by his pipe, red cap and gaunt silhouette, Jacques-Yves Cousteau--a.k.a. "Captain Planet"--was arguably the century's best known, most popular Frenchman. For generations of scuba divers--and millions of armchair explorers--he created a crystal-clear window for the unseen world beneath the waves...