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Harvard University Art Museums officials have decided to sell a valuable Mary Cassatt oil painting, “Mother and Two Children,” but some criticize the decision as one driven solely by financial gain...
...accused the bank of jeopardizing Europe's nascent recovery. "I regard this interest rate move as too early," said Jean-Claude Juncker, chairman of the group of euro-zone finance ministers. He disputes one of the bank's key arguments: that the current abnormally high inflation rate of 2.5%, driven in part by oil prices of over $60 bbl., will spark demands for higher wages that will set off a cycle of price increases. ECB officials point out that their benchmark interest rate of 2% is less than inflation and that high oil prices are probably here to stay. They...
...little benefit over a placebo. But in a subset of subjects, who were of African-American descent, the drug, taken along with other medications, reduced deaths from the condition 43% and lowered the number of hospital admissions almost 40%. Researchers say it won't be the last ethnically driven drug on pharmacy shelves; as the genetic basis of diseases becomes clearer, more therapies based at least in part on race-dependent gene variants will appear...
...Senate resolution reflected not only poll-driven politics but also military reality. There is strong sentiment within the Pentagon to reduce the number of troops soon-no matter the continuing vehemence of the President's rhetoric-in order to avoid forcing exhausted troops into longer tours of duty. The current level of 160,000 troops could be cut in half by next summer. "The future of our military is at risk," Murtha said in his emotional press conference, accurately reflecting the views of the uniformed brass. "Our military and their families are stretched thin. Many say that the Army...
...right-thinking person can justify in the name of religion the taking of a single human life or sadistic destruction on a larger scale. Today's young people are searching for meaning and a community with human values, which an impersonal and technologically driven Europe cannot offer them. Materialism and consumerism don't inspire them to heroism. Radical Islam on its face seems to supply to alienated young Muslims the model of a "civilized" society. It is most unfortunate and dangerous. Valentine Iheanacho Rome...