Word: developable
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...story on how to solve the energy crisis, Jeffrey D. Sachs says President George W. Bush "dithered for eight years instead of investing in new technologies for a sustainable planet" [June 9]. This year alone, the Bush Administration will dedicate more than $5 billion to research, develop and promote technologies including low-emission coal, renewables, nuclear power and vehicles powered by advanced biofuels, electricity and hydrogen. More than $40 billion in loan guarantees will help put such technologies to use. The President's 2009 budget calls for nearly $1 billion in public and private investment for the world's most...
...says. "But if the way you restrict your child is just to provide a healthy home environment where you allow them a little bit of choice--apples or grapes for dessert, for instance--then you're giving children a chance to decide for themselves while also helping them develop healthy habits...
...running away from. But China's leaders have a long tradition of using sports as a spur to national pride. Consider the country's decades-long dominance of table tennis. This supremacy had little to do with a national passion for wooden paddles and plastic balls. China decided to develop star paddlers largely because the International Table Tennis Federation was, in 1953, one of the first sports organizations to drop ties with Taiwan in favor of the mainland. In 1959, Rong Guotuan made history as China's first world champion in any sport. Mao deemed the victory a "spiritual nuclear...
...barely through their second decade of life. While the obesity epidemic is starting to show signs of waning, doctors are bracing for the more lasting legacy it leaves behind--a cohort of kids who are getting sick earlier or, at the very least, are a whole lot likelier to develop serious problems later. "We are seeing conditions that we as pediatricians are not used to seeing in children," says Dr. Seema Kumar of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. "And we are seeing these a lot more...
...also arthritis, joint damage and sleep apnea. Adults who were overweight as children have nearly twice the risk of dying from any cause in their 70s than are adults who were of normal weight as youngsters. Early evidence also suggests that heavier children are even 35% more likely to develop cancer in their later years. "If you are a fat kid, you know you're in trouble," says Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatrician at the University of California, San Francisco, "and you know you need to do something about it now and not later...