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...barring cars from the streets of the capital. During a Sino-African summit in 2006, vehicle restrictions were enacted that removed about 800,000 of Beijing's then 2.8 million cars. The restrictions, which were put in place for three days, were "remarkably successful" and led to a 40% drop in nitrogen oxides, according to a study conducted by researchers from Harvard University and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute...
...snack. And while regular exercise has made me fitter, it hasn't made me thinner. Like many people past their 20s, I'm about 15 lbs. heavier than I was as a teenager. I'm not fat (my body mass index is normal), but I'd still like to drop a few pounds. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to look like Posh Spice - who is rumored to nibble on frozen grapes as a treat - but I don't want to look like Oprah either...
...government's crackdown in the region has, in many ways, yielded positive results. In Basra, families and young people throng the streets in the evening to socialize, no longer scared of the militias that previously dominated the city. The weapons trade also seems to have declined, with a sharp drop in attacks since 2007 as evidence. On the long, deserted road from Basra to Al-Faw, an Iraqi soldier points out several muddy port towns, consisting of low concrete houses. "It is difficult for them. Iraqi families have four or five children," he says. "Before the operation, most of them...
...When asked whether McCain supports Bush's pre-condition for talks with Iran - that it suspend uranium enrichment - the candidate's top foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, fudged. "McCain does not support unilateral concessions to Iran that would undermine multilateral diplomacy," Scheunemann said. McCain would drop the condition and talk to Iran, Scheunemann seems to be saying, as long as the allies agree. The allies, of course, are dying to be asked, so if McCain wins in November, look for talks with Iran early in his presidency. Likewise Obama, who says outright he'll drop the enrichment condition. In fact...
...primarily to placate party factions and broaden geographic appeal. John F. Kennedy didn't want Lyndon B. Johnson in his White House in 1960, but he needed Johnson's home state of Texas in his win column. Gerald R. Ford was pressured by the G.O.P.'s conservative wing to drop liberal Nelson Rockefeller from his 1976 ticket in favor of the more right-leaning Bob Dole...