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...began with the exultation "The Christians have won! . . . What a breakthrough for the Kingdom!" In addition, he belongs to the charismatic strand of Evangelicalism that discomfits even some fellow Evangelicals. In the TV studio, Robertson has prayed openly for healings and miracles, calling on the power of God to cure maladies in his audience as diverse as cancer and a slipped disk. He has written openly of his experiences in speaking in tongues, prophecy and miracles. His autobiographies recount detailed conversations he has had with God, along with tales of people physically struggling with demons...
...considerable blame for their failure to sell more of their products abroad. Says Charles Nevil, president of the Meridian Group, a Los Angeles-based export-management firm: "American firms have a basic indifference to exports. The hard dollar wasn't the cancer, and the soft dollar isn't the cure" for the deficit. If American exports are to grow, companies must become more adept at satisfying the needs and tastes of foreign consumers...
...behind the next step to an easier, happier life for the yuppie jet-setter, lay a deeper discovery--that the media tends to leap without looking. What the news failed to discuss amidst all their accolades were the conditions in which this amazing cure was found. One elderly woman whose biological clock differs from those of most people...
...other words--with all due respect to the incredibly generous woman who allowed herself to be used as a human guinea pig for 114 days--so far, this cure has been proven to work only on an abnormal sample. The researchers explained that the reason they chose this hapless woman was that her unique biological clock made her body experience what is the middle of the night for most people in the early evening. This way, they could conduct their research in the afternoon rather than in the middle of the night...
Although jet lag is only a minor discomfort to most people, it is a perfect example of media-distorted science. Far from heralding a new discovery, this latest announcement shows only how far from a cure for jet lag the scientific world is. One study, one woman, worth little more than one minute's mention on the radio and television news...