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...Michelle, Ma Belle The truths Michelle Obama speaks are evolutionary and applicable to deep-rooted Americans [June 2]. My American family goes back to Captain John Steele in the Revolutionary War. Our immigrant ancestors came from Ireland, Germany, England, Scotland, Eastern Europe, Russia, Mexico and the Philippines. I happen to be a 76-year-old white male, and for the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country. When Michelle speaks, we hear her wakening the American Dream. John S. Hellman, New York City...
...particularly cell phones. We tried on our own a few times and had very little success. It was the same thing we did when we found the Geek Squad. We went to look at who's good at what we're not good at and found Carphone Warehouse in England. They had the inverse problem to our problem: they were really good at mobile products, but didn't have any way of selling computers and televisions. That has led us to join forces and create a new company together...
...will probably start with a few stores in England and see how that goes, but the intent would be to take advantage of all the change going on and put in a new store structure that connects these capabilities together...
...report, published last year in the New England Journal of Medicine, went further, comparing the medical records of 276,835 Danish citizens born between 1930 and 1976. In that data, scientists found a direct and linear correlation between a higher childhood weight and a greater chance of future heart disease. "Our study shows that even a few excess pounds can damage future health," says co-author Dr. Jennifer Baker of the Center for Health and Society at the Institute of Preventive Medicine in Copenhagen...
...Over in Austria, there was a bit of excitement when Polish and German fans exchanged the usual pregame punches, but this is no England-Germany, and once the proceedings started in the Worthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt, the Germans got down to business. And they were all business. Poland had a chance to score 36 seconds into the match when German keeper Jens Lehman bundled into his own defender as he pushed out a cross that rolled invitingly in the box. But Jacek Krzynówek launched one over the bar. From then on, the Poles were weaker than...