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That would be the same indifference that nature shows for our lives. Neither Darwin nor physics requires closure, foreshadowing or justice. And as anyone who's watched a loved one die knows, biology does not supply sound tracks, convenient timing or highlight reels...
...Delhi had other visitors - less famous, not so powerful, but strong in number and just as pivotal to India's future. Filing into the city in well-organized columns, around 25,000 protestors ended an almost four-week-long walk across India to highlight the fact that they have missed out on its economic boom. The poor, mostly landless peasants are demanding land reform. The government says it will look into the issue. It would not be the first Indian government to say it will...
...reality is that Facebook isn't just for kids. Last week - and this was a highlight - my dad, who just turned 75, added me as a friend on Facebook. I considered sending him a virtual beer to celebrate the occasion, but I didn't think either of us would see the point. Back in my day, we drank beers out of bottles and cans - we didn't have these new-fangled virtual beers. But, then again, I think that's something I probably still have in common with the younger generation, something I don't need Hitwise data to back...
...Public discomfort over Sarkozy's raise may be accentuated by its timing. In just three weeks, the nation is set to undergo strikes potentially more paralyzing than those in October protesting cutbacks in certain public sector pension regimes. Union leaders have jumped on Sarkozy's pay hike to highlight what they call the President's reformist hypocrisy: clarifying and normalizing governmental pay scales by lifting them, while harmonizing public and private sector pension plans by scaling those downward. "There's a feeling the political class is helping itself while the French people are left on the sidewalk to fend...
...Your article neglected to highlight the significance of breastfeeding, which has been shown in several studies to help protect mothers against breast cancer. For every 12 months a woman breastfeeds, her risk of breast cancer decreases by 4.3%. Mothers in many societies breastfeed each child for up to five years. The Western pattern of early weaning or artificial feeding correlates with higher breast-cancer incidence; sadly, these practices are spreading to the developing world. Key strategies for combating breast cancer worldwide will be promotion of the current World Health Organisation recommendation that mothers breastfeed for two years or more...