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...With the 10th anniversary of Diana's death on Aug. 31, a host of companies are hoping to separate consumers from their cash. This year sees the publication in the U.S. and Britain of at least 15 Diana-related books. The biography Diana: The Portrait, by Rosalind Coward, has an official nod of approval from Diana's estate. Christopher Andersen's After Diana looks at the royal family since her death. And A Dress for Diana is a $2,000 limited-edition coffee-table book about the princess's wedding dress containing a swatch from the leftover silk. Diana...
Kass Professor of the History of Medicine Allan M. Brandt appeared on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show Wednesday night, attempting to shed light on the growing dishonesty within the cigarette industry in a spirited—and very lighthearted—conversation with host Jon Stewart...
...Still, Sin City probably has the most invested in the upcoming day. Flamingo Las Vegas will host a record 77 weddings and so will the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino (three times their normal number), while the Mandalay Beach at Mandalay Bay is offering a full-scale wedding package for $1077.07. The Ritz Carlton in Lake Las Vegas has its "Seven Ways of Wonderment" package that includes a deluxe room, seven hours of spa treatments for two, a seven-course meal and a tour of Hoover Dam, one of the Seven Wonders...
...Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act would allow federal funds, the financial lifeblood of scientists and laboratories, to flow to embryonic stem cell research. The bill's proponents claim that these by-products of in-vitro fertilization may be able to help cure a wide host of diseases, including juvenile diabetes, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's (recall the hubbub over the stem cell ads that aired during last year's Senate race in Missouri starring Michael J. Fox, who suffers from Parkinson's). Those opposed, including many on the right, regard it as the destruction of early human life. Others...
...India" began with the line: "There are at present 580 million sheep in the country." It was a premature judgment, for those same sheep, ultimately, did not relinquish their freedoms, nor have they limited their democratic aspirations to simply voting at the polls. They have been behind a whole host of social movements, from the rise of the lower castes and environmental activism to demands for regional autonomy and the growth of feminism. Large sections on modern Indian culture tackle topics as diverse as Hindi films, regional-language poets and national radio-and illustrate how they have all played their...