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...simply be the close proximity of South America, the world's only coca plant producer. And finally, Anthony notes, it's a matter of culture: the U.S. is home to a huge baby boomer population that came of age when experimenting with drugs was a part of the social fabric. "It became a more mass-population phenomenon during a period when there were a large number of young people who were in the process of creating a culture of their own," Anthony says...
...made by Smartex, an Italian smart-materials company, that tracks motor functions in poststroke patients. "We've been looking a lot into European groups for wearable tech," says Paolo Bonato, a professor at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at Spaulding. Bonato estimates that fabric-based wearable systems will be commercially viable in two to five years. "The clinical need is there," he says...
...year. There is some danger here. Populism too often devolves into snake oil: nativism, isolationism and protectionism - none of which are viable positions in a global economy. But we have seen an unprecedented period of untrammeled wealth accumulation in this country, and Webb makes a convincing pitch that the fabric of society is being shredded by greed. "It is not class warfare ... to point out that economic inequities persist," he writes. "In fact, the reverse is true: it is class warfare from the top down to pretend that such inequities don't matter...
...ability to dream that puts the impossible within our reach. Our hopes, our aspirations, our own narratives—they weave like strands into the very fabric of our life stories and our outlook on the future. For me, it is the power of these life stories that drew me to politics. My mother’s selfless sacrifice to provide her two sons with endless opportunities inspired me to service. Recently, Senator Barack Obama’s mission to change the way politics is run encouraged me to become involved in politics for the first time. Moreover...
...cargo of these outbound ships tends to be on the less-than-glamorous side. The Savannah port's top export by volume is wood pulp. Other biggies include paper and paperboard, "drilling mud," kaolin clay, fabric and frozen chicken parts--in particular, chicken feet, beloved by Chinese gourmets. "We're sending raw materials to foreign countries, and in return, generally speaking, we're receiving finished goods," says John Trent, director of operations for the Georgia Ports Authority, which runs the Savannah port and a smaller operation in Brunswick that specializes in cars and bulk materials. What goes out weighs more...