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...months preceding the intended September visit, a good deal of energy went to waste in squabbles about protocol. China wanted a formal state welcome in Washington, complete with 21-gun salutes and state dinners. Washington hesitated, granting the salute but not the dinner. This was understandably disappointing, as Hu wanted to show that America acknowledges China as an important power, which would have granted him more prestige among his party leadership. Procedural rigmarole, after all, is excellent political fodder. It also spoiled the mood...
...dental imaging follow before the forensic specialists collect samples of DNA, preferably a sliver of bone. Then the dead are returned to their body bags to be stored in a refrigerated receiving vault until the Federal Emergency Management Agency can get the remains back to Louisiana for the formal process of identification...
...worries over rising protectionism in the U.S., and its resentment at being treated with what it calls a "cold war mentality." But Bush and Hu, while hardly chums, have met five times before at such forums as APEC and the G8 summit, and fireworks aren't expected. (A more formal summit in Washington was cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina.) Analysts in both Washington and Beijing say the meeting will probably be dominated by not-so-tough talk on what they call the Three Ts: trade, terrorism and Taiwan. But there could be surprises: British Prime Minister Tony Blair wound...
...particular, and the lyrics--"You're not aware/ Of what you put me through/ But now the feeling's gone"--don't offer up any autobiographical clues, but it seethes with bitterness. The trick to these very tough tunes is that they're essentially untethered from anything like a formal chorus. They don't try to resolve themselves; they just drift into provocative emotional territory and linger for a while. Chaos and Creation has its share of bright moments too--the arena-ready Follow Me, the joyously goofy Promise to You Girl--but the album feels like a catalog...
...everyone is waiting for the law to change. More and more hospitals are following the lead of pioneers like the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington, Ky., and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Md., in establishing formal policies requiring medical staff to promptly admit and apologize for mistakes. Having adopted that approach, the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, which encompasses the university medical school, three hospitals and numerous other health facilities, has seen its annual number of malpractice claims and lawsuits drop almost 50%, from 260 in 2001 to 140 in 2004, and its average legal expense...