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...rock 'n' roll, the museum may one day find itself struggling to fit acts like N.W.A. and Pavement into one induction ceremony. There really isn't one definition of what makes a song or band "rock" anymore. There is just music we like, songs that make us feel good. Those first few bars of "Jailhouse Rock" - those three slow ba-dum, ba-dums, followed by some of the best sing-shouting ever recorded - make that track one of the best songs I've ever heard. Every time it plays, I stop whatever I'm doing and listen...
...lead would lead to a threefold increase - from 0.8% to 2.8% - in the percentage of children with a blood level of lead over 10 mcg/dL. "Our message is to say, Be aware of these products that may contain lead," says Lin. "From a pediatrician's perspective, it's good to push for screening of nonpaint sources of lead." (See the most common hospital mishaps...
Stein's flippant and insensitive mention of saving every child in Haiti in an essay intended to be humorous ("You could save every child in Haiti, and you would still have to feed the parking meter") shows an incredible lack of good judgment and taste. I won't read him again. Carolyn Sonneborn Mayr, LINZ, AUSTRIA...
...circus had come to town for its annual preseason trials. It was only a test session (racing gets under way March 14 in Bahrain), but it gives you a good idea why F1 is one of the biggest sporting enterprises in the world - part medieval joust, part moon launch. The pennants bearing each team's coat of arms flap jauntily from trucks that house enough computing power to send a man into orbit. This mix of techno-dazzle and hometown pride helps explain why 40,000 fans turned out at Ricardo Tormo to watch a nonrace with no winner...
...meantime, there's always the computer lab (if you're reading this, you're probably already there). Or, perhaps, take this time to cuddle up with a good book, catch up on "Lost," or sing in the rain...