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...need a quick fix. Smallpox vaccines haven't improved much since the 1960s. Until 9/11, few drug companies felt the economic impetus to develop costly antidotes to all-but-conquered infections and ailments. Viagra was a sexier sell. Smallpox was considered to be a "market you hope will never exist," says Alan Goldhammer of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America...
...likely to become law in 2004, immigrants would have to demonstrate proficiency in English, as well as an understanding of U.K. history and society before they could apply for a British passport. On passing the tests, they would have to take an oath and pledge of loyalty. Similar schemes exist in other European countries, including the Netherlands and Austria...
...cease-fire, went into effect, the same kind of "religious truce" could be extended indefinitely if "Israel would let us build our own state" in the old 1967 boundaries. Then his generation would "leave it to future generations" to decide whether the struggle would continue until Israel ceased to exist. "Theoretically, that would not be enough," he said. "But as a practical matter, let's have a Palestinian state on whatever land can be liberated...
...likely each person is to see the other as a friend." (One study, however, suggests that at around the two-year mark, platonic friends often reconsider their romantic options.) Moreover, Augenblick's friend-spark idea has a basis in academic theory. According to Reeder, three types of attraction can exist between men and women: sexual, romantic and friendly. Often, Reeder says, people will feel one or two forms of attraction without the third. For example, a woman might feel drawn to a man as a friend and theoretically think he would make a great boyfriend--if only she were physically...
...when she was expecting her first child in 1981. "The industry was run by men," says Matthias, whose company claims to be the largest maternitywear retailer in the world. "Everything was pink flowers, frilly, really inexpensive. I couldn't wear that to work. The good-quality clothes didn't exist, and they didn't have clothes to wear out, because you were expected to just stay at home." She started a tiny catalog business selling suits made by a New Hampshire sample maker out of fabric Matthias bought retail. The first catalog brought in $3,000 in sales. Last year...