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...longer prepared to accept a subservient role. Meeting female entrepreneurs in the West Bank, I was struck by their determination to remove the obstacles designed to keep them in their place. In northern Israel as well, I chatted with women business students, drawn from all communities but sharing a common goal to become financially independent. (See pictures of the women of Cairo...
...predicting went on 10 years ago, at the door to the new millennium. (We were so unsure about it that we couldn't even get the word right: in 1999, newspapers and magazines misspelled millennium 4,709 times.) In TIME's pages, writers predicted cures for the common cold and baldness (sadly, no). We would give up meat. Religion would replace politics as the prime shaper of American society (sure feels that way sometimes). Retirement would disappear (sadly, yes), along with much of major league baseball. Teeth would become a fashion accessory, like fake nails, and the only thing...
...filled with overpowering, irrational dread by the sight or sound of another human being eating or drinking. It doesn't make any more sense to me than it does to you. But that's what a phobia is: a fear that has nothing to do with logic or common sense. (Find out how to prevent anxiety...
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...average of 8% too little or 12% too much, depending on spoon size. Using a medium-size tablespoon they erred on the side of caution and tended to underdose. Using a large tablespoon, they overcompensated and overdosed. That is where the real danger lies. (See the most common hospital mishaps...