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...potential is there for some form of nukenapping--grabbing weapons for ransom or nuclear blackmail--or sales to rogue states or terrorists, or unauthorized launches by renegade commanders. Some Russians even fret about a nuclear civil war. If a region in Siberia were to declare its independence, a retired senior officer in Moscow speculates, "the entire missile force in the area might cut itself off from the chain of command and control and get reprogrammed to be able to launch at will...
...Purists fret that nonprofits are too eager to take easy money from corporations and that such handouts leave philanthropic groups vulnerable to a whimsical change of heart or a downturn in profits. Irving Warner, author of the book Art of Fund Raising, recently wrote that "the growth of joint-marketing ventures involving business and charities is a sign of real weakness in the fund-raising profession...
...long after Maria Shriver was discharged from the hospital (she had hyperemesis, a pregnancy-related ailment), her hubby ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER checked himself in for voluntary heart surgery. He had a congenital defect in his aortic valve--the valve that stops blood from going back into the heart. Don't fret about those pecs, though. He's fine, and doctors say the scar will be barely noticeable...
...been an indie omnipresence ever since, and doesn't fret about it. "It's not my business to overexpose myself," she says. "It's my business to work. Besides, even though I did five movies last year, nothing can compare to the drama of my personal life, which has escalated to outrageous levels." She had "nervous problems," lost two grandparents and broke up with a longtime boyfriend. "I won't get into it further," she says, "because I'm not paying you $125 an hour...
...interests are so broad and there are so many fields I would love to explore, but, unfortunately, Harvard does not have a major/minor system. By opting to supposedly graduate in three years, I might stunt my growth. Harvard does not seem concerned about that. The system does not fret about developmentally stunted students. In this way, we are antithetical to Brown which encourages its student body to indulge in its pangs to learn about road-less-traveled type subjects. Columbia is also very different; the student body spends the first two years learning a highly structured Core and only later...