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...Clinton?s righteous indignation over those who had placed domestic politicking over foreign policy priorities raised a few eyebrows among some U.S. allies, who have long been concerned that the President has a habit of doing the same thing. "This was badly mishandled on both sides of Washington," says Calabresi. "The Republicans scheduled a vote and then tried but failed to find a way out. But the administration clearly hadn?t done nearly enough work to muster support for the treaty." Adds TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan, "It?s too bad that the President offered his most spirited defense...
Retired New York Times columnist Russell Baker recalls that in 1933, when at about the same age as I, he picked up the habit, cigarettes were referred to as "coffin nails." For as long as anyone can remember, smoking has been thought to be very harmful...
When I came out of the coma, a month after the accident, I looked at myself with amazement. I had lost 30 lbs. My smoking habit, a pack a day, had been broken. My skin bore graffiti--fine white scars from surgery--and the X rays showed an astonishing clutter of pins, screws, nails, spikes, plates and wires, as though the right side of my body were a reject costume design for RoboCop. My muscles had wasted away from inaction, and I could scarcely move without severe pain. I stank of sweat and urine. And I felt almost crazily happy...
...ways to get closer. David Stearman and his wife Bernice are lucky enough to have all six grandkids living within a 25-minute drive of their home in Chevy Chase, Md. Nonetheless, the Stearmans are always looking for ways to enhance their togetherness. So Bernice has made a habit of taking the kids to "M&Ms"--movies and malls. David does something a little more adventurous. For the past 10 summers, he has gone to camp with one--sometimes two--of his grandchildren. "The food is terrible, the beds are bad, there are no televisions or radios...
...many other more immediate threats to your health and well-being that smoking may seem like a relatively minor danger," says Dowell. It may be some time, though, before the Chinese follow the JAMA study's recommendations. After all, as any smoker or ex-smoker can attest, the habit is hardest to resist in times of stress ? and a China in the throes of an epic transition to capitalism looks set to be a very stressful place for a long time to come...