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...dispute at a Toys "R" Us in California. The ensuing safety concerns may have prompted some shoppers to think twice, but retailers still expect a bonanza: the weekend after Thanksgiving is expected to account for some $40 billion in sales. (See the top 10 things you didn't know about Thanksgiving...
...Crazy talk, I know. Where is this coming from? Well, it began with some reading I've been doing about the trade-offs we make for ultra-cheap goods-the child workers in Bangladesh who sew our clothes and brush their teeth with ash since they can't afford toothpaste, the oceanic dead zones that come with $5 factory-farmed salmon filets. They're the sorts of stories that make a person think that buying carts full of cheap stuff-ensuring the production of even more cheap stuff-shouldn't be the social goal we've made...
Scientists do not yet know whether myostatin-related gene therapy will even work in humans. Given the financial and regulatory hurdles to launching a first-phase trial, it could take years and several million dollars before researchers could replicate their animal findings in people. But advances like the muscle trial in monkeys help attract funds - largely from advocacy groups like the Muscular Dystrophy Association and charitable organizations founded by patient families, as well as drug companies and the federal government - to a field that has until now been somewhat better known for its failures. In 2003, for instance, two French...
...know, a goalie’s job is just to stop the puck...
...loved by the people. The opposition might have many things to say but they are not very strong. They cannot challenge us successfully - we are too strong. And the problem is that such support and power can intoxicate the party and lead you into believing that you know it all. You take things for granted. So it's important to have a system that keeps you on your toes. This huge party must find a way to monitor itself vigorously. If there are non-performers, we'll take them out. Otherwise the party will end up unwieldy...