Word: chronical
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...inactivity even higher, at 400,000 deaths. Earlier this year, they admitted that they had made a mistake in their calculations and that the correct number was closer to 365,000 deaths. "It's really an evolving science," says Dr. George Mensah, acting director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the CDC. "As we get better [at estimating mortality rates], the numbers will likely change again...
...world, regardless of their race or religion. He will be greatly missed and deeply appreciated for his teachings of peace. Mary Vanderhyde Oldsmar, Florida, U.S. The Pope's leadership crossed all barriers, and his love extended to Muslims around the world. His efforts to promote peace and defuse the chronic Palestinian - Israeli conflict, and his sensible stand on the status of Jerusalem, were sensitive to all religions. As one of the leaders of an interfaith organization, I particularly valued his role in developing understanding and trust among the faiths. We are in dire need of sane voices like John Paul...
...Hamdun Hameed, Minister of Planning and National Development, pulling out a map of the islands, each one a dot on a ring of reef--an atoll--that traces out the shape of the mountain on which it formed. Here, Hameed notes, is the island of Kandholhudoo, whose residents experienced chronic flooding whenever high tides coincided with heavy monsoon rains. The last straw was the tsunami, which rendered all but eight of some 500 homes uninhabitable. Now, at the request of village leaders, the government is drawing up plans to move everyone to Dhuvaafaru, an uninhabited island about 12 miles away...
...Senate had prevailed so overwhelmingly, with the unexpected concurrence of House Armed Services Committee Chairman Les Aspin, that House leaders decided to delay until after the recess a vote on the compromise military-spending package. Most galling of all, but perhaps not surprising, the Congressmen once again displayed their chronic inability to cut major weapons systems from the budget...
From Klein, Friday says, she learned that jealousy is about power: "In a world where we all want to be in control, we can't afford intimacy. If you are afraid of jealousy, you will be inhibited about loving." Psychoanalyst Willard Gaylin told Friday that living with chronic jealousy is like "walking through minefields." She knows the feeling well. "I'm always going to be a jealous person," she says, "but it's not going to overwhelm me. Now I know where the mines are." --By John...