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...Americans struggle to fill key posts, unreformed Baathist hard-liners are trying to reassert their authority. "We've left the bad Baathists a lot of latitude, and they have had a lot of time to regroup," says retired Colonel Ted Seel, Central Command liaison to the Iraqi National Congress, a group opposed to Saddam that recently returned from exile. Dr. Goran Talabani, a neurologist who is advising the Americans on Iraq's health-care system, says Baath loyalists are threatening Health Ministry employees and telling them not to cooperate with the Americans. Talabani, a cousin of Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani...
Perhaps the creepiest substance being used to smooth wrinkles is Cymetra--a gel made from the skin of human cadavers. The manufacturer claims that Cymetra harnesses the body's own skin-building machinery to fill its wrinkles. Some surgeons are also experimenting with Radiance, a synthetic version of the mineral that builds our bones, which doctors now use "off label" to fill particularly deep folds. Then there's Artefill, a mix of cow collagen and tiny acrylic beads that an FDA advisory committee in February recommended for approval. Once injected, the cow collagen breaks down, but the beads stimulate...
Magic Johnson had his talk show. MICHAEL JORDAN had the Wizards. After 3 1/2 seasons at the helm of Washington's aggressively mediocre NBA team (and two seasons as the team's oldest and best player), Jordan got his walking papers last week in a rage-filled, 18min. meeting with Wizards' owner Abe Pollin. Jordan argued that as the greatest player in the history of the game--and as the man whose return to the court lined Pollin's pockets with $30 million of unanticipated revenue--he deserved more time to turn things around. Pollin countered that Jordan...
...extra academic classes in place of physical education. The school district’s case was essentially that, because of the way the school calculates grade point averages, Hornstine’s special schedule allowed her to accumulate a higher Grade Point Average than her classmates who had to fill part of their day with an unweighted gym class...
...clerical hierarchy in Najaf and for the most part ignoring coalition troops and administrators, have organized local militia to stop looting, provide security and restore basic services. But given the strong influence of Islamist radicals among them, these are not the elements the U.S. had hoped to see fill the power vacuum left by Saddam's overthrow...