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...attacks, which killed one person and injured two others, followed overnight rioting during which police arrested 238 people. It was unclear whether the blasts were connected to the strike called by two regional groups to protest political and social issues, including the government's failure to deal with a chronic water shortage...
Kocher also wrote a petition saying that those who signed it had "endured chronic problems with disorderliness and late-night noise from the Harvard Lampoon...
...thing Megawati does have going for her besides more popular support than any of her rivals, is the backing of the military top brass. Having kept Suharto in power for three decades and then engineered his ouster when street protests threatened chronic instability, the military remains the ultimate arbiter of power in Jakarta. And while they're staying out of the parliamentary fray, the generals have warned the politicians to keep their differences off the streets. While there are no fears of an imminent coup, a long-term bout of political instability at the center amid an unraveling...
...accounts, a good program should include a combination of cardio (which can lessen the effects of, even help fend off, chronic ailments like diabetes and heart disease) and strength training (for balance, flexibility and range of motion). But for the previously sedentary, the chest presses and leg extensions can be critical in getting strong enough to do cardio at all. And training doesn't have to be done on weight machines. For the very frail, weight training can be as simple as raising a leg to learn balance...
...commend Karl Taro Greenfeld for his candid article about the similarities between his chronic use of speed and the growing problem of methamphetamine addiction in Asia [WORLD, April 2]. Had this piece been written by someone without firsthand knowledge of the dangers of drugs, it would have failed to capture the hopelessness, desperation and irony in the lives of drug users. Greenfeld's article was an example both of beautiful writing and courage. PARINA SOMNHOT Ashburn...