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...investigation. Tony Blair's New Labour government might not be ill-disposed to an inquiry into the workings of a Conservative predecessor, but officials say no decision will be made until the criminal process against al-Megrahi has run its full course. Martin Cadman, another British family member, was blunt in suggesting that the wrong man might have been convicted. "We have our doubts about the guilt of al-Megrahi," he said, "and that will have to remain the subject of an appeal...
Since Kashmir erupted in 1989, India has pointed a blunt and unwavering finger at Pakistan, accusing its neighbor of fomenting the entire problem. It's a large and cynical exaggeration: anti-Indian sentiment runs high within Kashmir, and in the first half of the 1990s, Kashmiris themselves provided the steam in the anti-Indian militant movement. They were disorganized and willing to murder, but passionate and anxious to plead their nationalist cause with the outside world...
...powerful military, which underwrote the 30-year dictatorship of ousted president Suharto, issued a blunt warning Tuesday that if the politicians failed to resolve their differences and the turbulence on the streets was allowed to fester, the generals would have no choice but to seize power, once again. In other words, three years after the ouster of Suharto, Indonesia is still living dangerously...
...inhibitors, drugs that are chemically related to pain-killers like ibuprofen and that appear to force cancer cells to self-destruct. Chemotherapy will also be used with treatments that aim simply to stop tumors from growing, such as the so-called antiangiogenic factors, relatively nontoxic compounds that blunt the growth of new capillaries...
...that night's instructor, Emmanuel, noticed that I was skating with my right knee stiff and suggested that I bend it a couple of inches, just as I was already bending my left one. It sounds subtle, but it was as if I'd been chopping garlic with the blunt side of a knife my whole life and a dinner guest walked into the kitchen and pointed out the blade. Now, instead of the glorified walking I'd been doing, I could move to the blaring music with a smidgen of grace. Trust me, you haven't really heard...