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...given people a lot of tomorrows," says Major Arthur Jackson, chief of the unit's Baghdad squad. But many will face grim times. "People say, 'Well, he didn't die,'" says Captain Todd Farrell, a 159th helicopter pilot. "But a lot of these guys have an arm blown off or their leg blown off below the femur. Their lives are still going to suck...
Your item about letrozole, the new drug for treating breast cancer, was accompanied by a photograph of a woman whose hand and arm were strategically placed across her bare breasts [Oct. 20]. In the same issue, a story on the development of a male birth-control drug had an illustration of a man's head. Do I detect a double standard here? Next time you do a story involving male sexuality or, say, prostate cancer, I suggest you include a photo of an artistically posed male nude covering his nether regions. Fair's fair. Karen Meyers Toledo, Ohio
INJURED. BETHANY HAMILTON, 13, among the nation's best competitive amateur surfers, after a 10-to-15-ft. shark bit off her left arm while she was lying on her surfboard; off Kauai's North Shore, Hawaii. Hamilton had obtained several sponsors and was planning...
...unilateral and pre-emptive policy vis-?-vis "rogue states" should stand as a warning to sycophantic countries. Still, despite Malaysia's success, one has to wonder if it might have been possible for Mahathir to achieve all that he did without resorting to strong-arm tactics, like jailing his political rival Anwar Ibrahim. If development could have been achieved without sacrificing democracy, then Malaysians would be enjoying a free press, and the country would be a better model for democratic but underdeveloped countries in Asia. Mark Andrew Lim Cavite, the Philippines...
...attraction of "Iraqification" of security duties is obvious: The U.S. is plainly in need of help in pacifying the insurgency, and little is forthcoming from abroad. Turkey's retraction of its offer to send upward of 10,000 men until the U.S. can twist the arm of the Iraqi Governing Council to reverse its opposition to such a deployment has left Washington forced to contemplate calling up more reserves. Getting Iraqis to take on more of the security burden is obviously preferable. But accelerating the training and deployment of Iraqi forces also raises a number of dangers. It assumes that...