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...those skills depend largely on training. "Many practitioners claim to be certified, although there is no standard of certification in this country for Thai massage," says Bob Haddad, who practices the discipline in Chapel Hill, N.C. Haddad is attempting to organize an alliance that would recognize practitioners who have had at least 200 hours of documented training and additional hands-on practice...
...finding the pressure points of a capitalist society. Following a firebomb attack on Kathmandu's luxury Soaltee Crowne Plaza hotel, the Maoists demanded the closure of a dozen multinational companies and declared a blockade of the main roads leading into the capital?upon which its 1.5 million residents depend for everything from fuel to food. Vegetable prices rose, tourists canceled their visits and officials warned that fuel supplies could run dry by next week. The companies that closed up shop included tobacco giant Surya Nepal, whose taxes account for up to 4% of the government's revenue; others ceased operation...
...future of this spectacular species may depend on such experiments. Last fall animal conservationists were caught catnapping when a new survey revealed a sharp and unexpected drop in Africa's lion population. While the cat-conservation world was worried about the fate of Asia's endangered tigers, lions--considered vulnerable but not endangered--were quietly slipping toward oblivion. Ten years ago, the species was thought to number as many as 100,000. But the new appraisal, made public last September and published in the journal Oryx in January by Hans Bauer of Leiden University and Sarel van der Merwe...
...Evil Empire” doesn’t win, the logic goes. And, without fail, the Yankees do succeed and best the Red Sox. One can only imagine what would happen if the tables were somehow turned. After all, the Red Sox fans have come to depend on losing, to secretly love it. What would they do without...
...high stakes game continues. While prospects for a peaceful outcome at Najaf persist, its attainment will depend in large part on Moqtada Sadr's sense of timing - and his, and Allawi's, grasp of the maxim that "politics is the art of the possible...