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...What else might move the generals? Conceivably, the threat of prosecution. Words alone aren't enough. The Suu Kyi trial proves again how little they care about world opinion. But don't be fooled by common depictions of them as blinkered, paranoid and xenophobic. "These caricatures ignore the fact that the regime contains intelligent officers who are close observers of the international scene," observes Andrew Selth of Australia's Griffith University. There is evidence that Burma's rulers are concerned about retribution. Just look at the military-drafted constitution. "Approved" by a sham referendum in the wake of last year...
...freshman year in college may be so exhausting (hip-hop lessons! swim team! traveling soccer leagues!) that parents feel they hardly know each other - and, sometimes, themselves. "One of the most common things we hear is, 'We're sitting at the breakfast table, just the two of us, and we don't know what to talk about,' " says David Arp, who led an empty-nest training session with his wife last month at the annual Smart Marriages conference in Orlando, Fla. Carmen Hough, 55, who this spring completed a 12-week workshop in Jonesboro, Ga., puts it more bluntly...
...even though the common assumption is that hands-free technology has mitigated the more dangerous side effects of cell-phone use - it's just like talking to someone sitting next to you, isn't it? - a series of 2007 simulator tests conducted by Strayer seems to indicate the opposite. A passenger acted as another set of eyes for the driver in the test and even stopped or started talking depending on the difficulty of conditions outside the car. Meanwhile, half the drivers talking on a hands-free phone failed, bypassing the rest area the test had called for them...
...Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers By Lawrence G. McDonald with Patrick Robinson; Crown Business; 368 pages...
...Cambridge Common: 1. Grassy knoll separating the Quad from the rest of civilization. Steer clear at night to avoid being mugged and/or stabbed. (Seriously.) 2. Bar on Mass. Ave. popular with Quadlings...