Word: conditioner
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Rand Beers says he has taken two big risks in his life. The first was in Vietnam in May 1967 when, as a desk officer at a Marine command post, he extended his tour of duty on the condition he be given a frontline rifle company to lead. "I thought...
Who has the courage to make this argument? I am not that man. But if I were that man, the case would run something like this: the magic of capitalism, as explained by Adam Smith and his followers, is that it channels individual greed into activities that benefit all of...
But there is nothing inherent in the human condition that keeps greed in moderation. So there are laws, and there are appearances. Both these forces draw a rough line--and attempt to police it--between greed that helps other people and greed that hurts other people. Inevitably, though, some will...
killed at least 200, Spain 's center-right Popular Party was expected to retain its hold on power in Sunday's general election. Where the left is still in power, all is not going well. Poland and Hungary elected leftist governments in 2001 and 2002 respectively; both are now at...
The rest of the world has embraced stem-cell research, and real progress is beginning to be made in countries like South Korea toward a host of exciting new cures. President Bush and his cohorts on the Christian Right can continue to hold the United States back, or they can...