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...Fully fed and assured of more food whenever they wanted it, the youthful oysters turned their energies and attention to their sexual organs, leaving the rest of their system vulnerable to herpes infection. "Once sufficiently nourished to ensure for survival, oysters focus on development of sexual organs - creating sperm and ovaries mostly - and ignore their defense systems," explains Tristan Renault, the director of Ifremer's genetic and pathology laboratory. "Oysters are capable of only one function at once, especially in springtime. So if a threat is posed during this period of concentrated sexual development, they're very susceptible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Herpes Hits French Oyster Industry | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

...waiting for someone to come up with a better latex formula? Right now, I have to focus on things I think will be successful in the immediate future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Quest? Build A Better Condom | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

...recognize that your magazine caters largely to a U.S. audience, but the over-representation of U.S. athletes in "100 Olympic Athletes to Watch" may mean that some of your readers do not focus on athletes from other countries who have fascinating stories. Richard Barrett, Honolulu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

Advice as to where to focus the next Afghan surge or how many more billions we should spend to catch bin Laden is given to our leaders in weekly CIA briefings. Perhaps we should add just one historical fact: for 3,000 years, never has a Western army won a lasting victory on the Asian mainland. Never. So how can we believe war will achieve anything in this 21st century, with economic power surging in China, India and Russia? Nicolas Gessner, PARIS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Aid Afghanistan | 8/6/2008 | See Source »

...what Clinton would like to see in the pointed way she added, "Delegates can decide to do this on their own. They don't need permission." Some of her allies are not so enthusiastic about that kind of gesture. Says Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz: "We really need to focus at the convention on unifying the party behind Senator Obama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have the Clintons Gotten Over It? | 8/6/2008 | See Source »

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