Word: distressingly
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...freight. "Back in Germany! How I envy you," enthuses Max Eisenstein to his old friend Martin Schulse in the opening missive. The warmth of the relationship is palpable as they recount their happy hours together, the minutiae of their business dealings and their increasingly divergent lives. "I am in distress at the press reports that come pouring in to us from the Fatherland," writes a worried Eisenstein from San Francisco a few letters later. Schulse observes cheerily from Munich: "I tell you, my friend, there is a surge - a surge. The people everywhere have had a quickening. You can feel...
Because people won't give up their four-wheelers, the challenge is to reduce the tail-pipe emissions that contribute to everything from respiratory distress to global warming. "We have to build a sustainable transportation technology that doesn't ask people to sacrifice," says John Wallace, executive director of Ford's Think Group. Lighter-weight materials and cars can help reduce overall energy consumption, but the key is to find a better power source...
Trouble Spots From depleted forests to dying reefs, distress signals dot the globe. Even in the U.S., with its relatively clean environment, excessive carbon emissions fuel global warming...
...than 16,000 women, was halted last week. These women were taking a combination of estrogen and progestin called hormone-replacement therapy (HRT). Researchers concluded that the risks of HRT clearly outweighed the benefits (see table). Though HRT may still be appropriate as a short-term therapy for menopausal distress, women cannot expect it to protect them in the long term against aging-related diseases. Other parts of the giant WHI study, including a trial that looks at the effects of estrogen alone, continue. --By Alice Park...
When his manager came in to report yet another mechanical breakdown in the factory, New Delhi businessman Arun Goel broke down himself. His head throbbed unbearably as he fretted in the sweltering heat about power outages, missed deadlines and looming contract commitments. Seeing his distress, a friend handed him a glass of water and a small, yellow pill. The businessman swallowed. "It was like magic," Goel says. "Within 15 minutes, I had calmed down and was feeling optimistic that things would work...