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...called beta-agonists to treat asthma. When inhaled, these drugs open airway blockages in the lungs. But in the past 18 months a couple of studies have indicated that beta-agonists may be overprescribed. They are still the drug of choice during an acute attack, but many specialists now contend that if patients need to use beta-agonists four or more times a day, their treatment should be changed because their underlying condition is getting worse...
...Despite the kingdom's jailing of the 20 leading Saudi fundamentalists, tape recordings of their sermons seem to be everywhere. The fundamentalists maintain that American troops were sent to the gulf not to fight Saddam Hussein but to prepare for war between Christianity and Islam. The Saudi preachers also contend that Protestants from the West have been exploiting tensions between Israel and its Arab neighbors to this end. They cite actions by American Presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter as well as televangelists Jimmy Swaggart, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson as "proof." Their advice to their followers: seek converts, especially...
...Janeiro, world leaders will be adding their signatures to a treaty to prevent climate change, a document that was significantly weakened during presummit negotiations, in part because of U.S. contentions that the threat of global warming has been overblown. But the Bush Administration's skepticism must contend with the direct experience of millions of citizens who are worried that when the weather gets as odd as it has been of late, something must be wrong...
...addition, rent control activists contend that Walsh's investments in rent control properties have been converted to uncontrolled condominium developments...
...nation's economy remained in recession, universities continued scaling back their budgets to contend with the rough times...