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Former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos says the cure to his country's instability is a switch to a parliamentary system within a year. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who is fighting possible impeachment, endorses the idea, but without committing to a time frame. TIME's Anthony Spaeth and Nelly Sindayen asked Ramos recently if his solution can work...
...stunning Air region of the Sahara. It also exports small amounts of black-eyed peas and onions. But beyond that Niger doesn't have much that can make it better off. Its government is a reasonably good one by historic standards, but good governance alone won't cure all the country's problems. Even reducing agricultural subsidies in the rich world is unlikely to prove the boon to Niger that it could be to other African countries. Unfortunately for Niger, geography is more important than governance or markets. Landlocked and mostly desert, Niger is close to being a country that...
...help pet owners. Cloning Snuppy (the name comes from "Seoul National University puppy") took nearly three years and cost millions of dollars. Hwang's ultimate motive, he says, is to create a research model for making stem cells that could cure disease in people. "Compared with rodents," he says, dog cells "are more similar to human stem cells." GS&C still wants to capture the Fido-cloning market, though, and company scientists are trying to reduce the inefficiencies. Even if they manage to clone a dog, says Ben Carlson, a company spokesman, it won't be cheap. "We're charging...
...postgraduate institutions. But Stockdale wants to create a model specifically designed to help the military 'regain our bearings.' Says he: 'TODAY'S RANKS ARE FILLED WITH OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN WEANED ON SLOGANS AND FADS OF THE SORT PREACHED IN THE BETTER BUSINESS SCHOOLS?that rational managerial concepts will cure all evils' ... Says Air Force Lieut. Colonel Norman McDaniel, a fellow P.O.W. of Stockdale's and now one of his students: 'A lot of training in the military tells you how you should act, but it doesn't give you the why. We're at a stage of moving from...
...CURE FOR THE COMMON COLD The millions of people who buy echinacea to prevent or relieve cold symptoms may be wasting their money, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. In a test of 500 subjects, those taking the herb fared no better than those taking a placebo...