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...There were shifts of momentum,” Monti said. “We’d give up six points, and we’d be right back with them. I think that is characteristic of this team that we didn’t fold when there was pressure to come back...
Nonetheless, potassium iodide has had its successes. Following Chernobyl, which released a giant plume of radiation, the Polish government distributed tablets to the population, while neighboring Belarus didn't. Fifteen years later, the incidence of thyroid cancer has not changed in Poland, while it has jumped an alarming 100-fold among some Belarussian children. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is now giving states the option of stocking up on potassium iodide for communities near the nation's 103 nuclear power plants. Still, the NRC emphasizes that the drug is not the next Cipro. Says NRC spokesman William Beecher...
...metal bands a few years before Limp Bizkit made millions with the formula. He also had a brief dalliance with cartooning, producing a strip whose antihero "Albrecht the Hun" preferred literary pursuits to raping and pillaging. But James eventually set aside his own artistic impulses and joined the family fold. He first took over News Corp.'s small but troubled music division in 1996. Next, with investors clamoring for greater involvement with the Internet, he was put in charge of News Corp.'s Web operations. Neither venture produced the kind of results that launch careers. The severely pared-down music...
...Racists are comfortable with nasty stereotypes. Blacks can't think. Latins are flashy but fold under pressure. Until this season the stereotype for Japanese players suggested that they could make fine minor leaguers but the power and muscle of the American big leagues would overwhelm them...
...neighboring Afghanistan, Iran also sees an opportunity to play a central, stabilizing role in the region. The Sunni Taliban have long been enemies of Shi'ite Iran, and Tehran reckons its influence will increase as it helps steer a (hopefully) more moderate Afghan regime back into the regional fold...