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...better positioned to exploit those new realities than Harper, thanks to networks in place among western Canadian conservatives, Calgary oil barons and U.S. Republicans. As a result, some long-simmering trade quarrels, such as the one over softwood lumber, may be moved from the back burner to the front--especially as the Alberta oil sands and proposed Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline strengthen Canada's position as a prime energy supplier to the U.S. The irony is that Harper will be able to build on foundations laid by departing Canadian ambassador to the U.S. (and prospective Liberal rival) Frank McKenna, whose...
Enter Dr. Michael Barrett, 57, of Temple University in Philadelphia. A cardiologist by training, Barrett started playing with his new CD burner a few years ago and got to thinking that maybe the way medical schools teach their students to use the stethoscope is all wrong. Typically, he says, students attend a basic lecture and listen to a couple of practice recordings, then they're on their own. The cardiologist suspected that they needed more repetition for their brains to assimilate the patterns dependably...
...power, never mind garlic. The refrigerator alone accounts for at least 9% of a home's energy usage, or $117 a year. Cover food to avoid moisture buildup, which makes the fridge work harder, and close the door quickly. As for the range, match the pot to the burner. Better yet, use the microwave instead, to cut energy two-thirds...
Angry indeed: fluoridation to fight tooth decay, a hot-button issue from the 1950s--when it was attacked as a communist plot--is back on the front burner and not just in Washington State. Fueled by health concerns, cancer fears and a grass-roots campaign that has flooded the Internet with antifluoridation Web pages, citizens across the U.S. are increasingly suspicious of what the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) considers "one of the 10 great public-health achievements of the 20th century." In the past three years, legislation to encourage fluoridation has been defeated or tabled in Oregon, Arkansas, Nebraska...
Whatever happened, the neglect of the levees was part of a larger trend after 9/11. "We put natural hazards on the back burner," says Dennis Mileti, a veteran disaster researcher who for 10 years ran the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado in Boulder. "We diverted our attention to terrorism. I'm not saying that shift was bad. We had no plans in place for terrorism. But the laws of nature were not repealed on Sept...