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Even in the current economic gloom, bankers have been loath to part with one massive perk of their jobs - the lavish bonus. Not surprisingly, this rankles everyday people greatly as they struggle to rebound from the turmoil of the past year...
...Emptive Strike Medically speaking, we are far better prepared than we used to be. In 1918, when many of our grandparents were children, another pandemic influenza killed more than 50 million people. Like the current one, the 1918 virus was a type of flu called H1N1. And like this one, it targeted the young: most of those who died were under age 40. Historical accounts suggest that it also began as a milder springtime flu before returning in the fall as a killing machine more efficient than World War I. In six months, that pandemic killed more people than AIDS...
...cell phone and health problems," states the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on its website. But concerns are high enough that the Senate on Sept. 14 held hearings - led by Democratic Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a brain-cancer survivor - to examine the subject. The outcome: inconclusive. ?The current [industry] safety standards are not sufficiently supported," says Dariusz Leszczynski, a Finnish radiation researcher who spoke at the hearing, "because of the very limited research on human volunteers, children and on the effects of long-term exposure in humans...
...Until printed books on demand moves to include current publications/editions, and resolves the copyright and pricing issues, we won’t know if this is a viable model for consumers and bookstores,” he wrote in an e-mailed statement...
...Because previous head-of-state successions have essentially been orchestrated by dominant leaders like Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, Hu's path to power is the only precedent Chinawatchers - and, indeed, middle and lower level Party members - have to make judgments about the process. Until now, Xi, China's current vice president, has received the same titles at the same point in time as Hu. Xi's failure to get the Military Commission job last week has sparked a heated debate among Sinologists about his future - and the possibility of both a factional struggle and other candidates vying...