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...amnesiac writer, a disfigured playboy, unhappy families in Manhattan and on an English estate--all these sad souls threaten to turn the holiday film scene into a Yuletide reunion at Bellevue. But wait. Most of these tales are ultimately journeys to spiritual health. And if you need a dose of old-movie magic--reach for the Ring. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING...
Nuclear detonations release a hail of charged particles, common among them radioactive iodine. This is bad news for the human thyroid, which soaks up iodine like a sponge. One way to prevent the problem is to dose the body with potassium iodide, which saturates the gland and prevents the nastier form of the stuff from being absorbed. It's simple--but of limited value. First, little if any iodine is given off by a so-called dirty bomb--radioactive waste wrapped around a conventional explosive--which is the device a terrorist would be most likely to manage. Second, even...
When choosing a college to attend, Sarah opted for the liberal arts track rather than attending a conservatory. Coping with the fact that Harvard doesn’t offer a performance degree, Sarah augments her musicology and music history concentration with a healthy dose of on-campus performing. “I was lucky to have parents who were supportive and not wanting their daughter to be a violin superstar,” says Sarah, who has on-campus stardom without having to deal with pressure to succeed...
...note that both women who appear to have contracted fatal cases of inhalation anthrax from cross-contaminated mail were older, and the older a person is, the more likely they are to suffer a lethal infection from a dose that is far below lethal levels for someone with a healthy immune system. Now of course those two women may have coincidentally both received letters contaminated with a huge dose of anthrax, say a million spores, which would probably kill anyone, but that seems unlikely...
...neither is a 13-year-old boy in a coma. Can we kill him without qualm or sanction? An embryo can’t feel pain, admittedly—but if you give me enough drugs, neither can I. Do we excuse a murderer who first administers a merciful dose of morphine? An embryo can’t survive on its own, doubtless—but neither can a toddler or an elderly invalid. Are they fair game for scientific research? An embryo is assuredly incapable of reason—but so is any newborn. Do we countenance infanticide...