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...proposed sex strike to end the Iraq war. One of the highest-profile measures, Amendment 46, would do away with most forms of state-sponsored affirmative action. Initiative 113 would cut subsidies to energy companies and effectively raise their taxes by more than $200 million, with the extra cash being used in part to fund scholarships...
...even contribute to problems like Alzheimer's disease or cancer. The reality is that with the exception of the 2% of Americans who suffer from hyperhidrosis, a condition in which abnormally active sweat glands are treated with prescription-strength products, most of us could probably do without the extra protection offered by clinical-strength varieties, say doctors. Here's a guide to the health issues...
...hardly a surprising move. All the airlines are struggling under soaring fuel costs (United alone says it will pay an extra $3.5 billion for gas this year) and looking for other places to make up the revenue so they won't have to raise fares any higher. Free meals have largely become a relic of flying's more glamorous past; most of the airlines now charge for checked luggage; and many of them have, more quietly, raised the fees they charge for making a change to your nonrefundable ticket. USAirways, which just last Friday became the first airline to start...
...United A similar package: $15 to $25 for checked-bag fees; $150 to make flight changes. Plus an extra wrinkle: if you get to the airport early and want a confirmed seat on an earlier flight, United will charge you $75 - better than the $150 change fee, but higher than the $50 most other airlines charge...
...lives. It was working, slowly. By this year, says a Western economist familiar with the effort, "a few thousand" had left the program and were making it on their own. Then came the double blow of drought and soaring food prices. Of the 7.3 million, 5.4 million suddenly needed extra food aid. The sobering lesson: even the best efforts to eliminate hunger are expensive, slow and uncertain of success. Depressing as it may be, this may not be the last time Ethiopia needs help...