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...sells to China, a situation economists (and many politicians) say cannot continue indefinitely. The U.S. current-account trade deficit reached $805 billion in 2005. That amounted to 6.4% of GDP, or more than twice the size of the trade deficit in 1985, when the U.S. took the drastic step of devaluing the dollar?and the rate at which the gap is expanding is accelerating. China trade alone accounts for more than one-fourth of the deficit. That's why U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez has bluntly warned Beijing that something has to give. "China's failure to address economic frictions...
Bostonians may “love that dirty water,” but the Charles River may be running a little clearer by 2013. The river will see a drastic decrease in contamination—specifically, “over a 99 percent reduction in combined sewage overflow,” the executive director of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), Frederick A. Laskey, said yesterday. Combined sewage overflow (CSO) refers to the contamination that enters the river through pipes containing both storm water and sewage spillover. The move, slated for completion by 2013, could “perhaps make...
...recreationally to produce feelings of euphoria, Concerta does not have the same effect, although it is equally effective in treating the disorder, according to the study published in this month’s American Journal of Psychiatry. ADHD is a neurological disorder associated with inability to focus, hyperactivity, and drastic mood shifts, generally treated with the stimulant methylphenidate. In the past, however, drugs containing methylphenidate—of which Ritalin is best known—have been quick-releasing, therefore causing an immediate strong high. People frequently abuse the drug by crushing tablets and snorting them. To test Concerta?...
...memo said that the torture of al Qaeda terrorists held abroad “may be justified” and that international covenants may be an unconstitutional violation of the president’s authority. Many legal experts have attacked the memo, and the Bush administration even took the drastic step of formally disavowing it in June 2004. Yale Law School Dean Harold H. Koh ’75, an expert on international law, called the memo “perhaps the most clearly erroneous legal opinion I have ever read” and said that it could...
...improve your health. Although a 2002 research article published in New Scientist suggested that eating and fasting elicit different immune responses that would tackle different types of pathogens (bacteria v. virus), the results were inconclusive. Harvey can’t think of any studies that have shown that drastic changes in eating habits will shorten the duration or ease the symptoms of a cold or fever...