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...Wechsler says binge drinking is not the same thing as getting drunk. While the latter relies on a series of factors--including a person's weight, natural tolerance and the amount of time it takes them to consume alcohol--binge drinking, by Wechsler's definition, is a function only of the number of drinks a person consumes...
...skeptical allies, the Bush administration faces an immediate practical dilemma over missile defense - whether to proceed with the ill-starred system initiated under the Clinton administration, or to start from scratch on a more comprehensive system using weapons launched either at sea or in space. While the latter option is backed by those most fervently carrying the Star Wars torch, in a more limited version it also has the support of a number of Senate Democrats, Europeans and even the Russians - a sea-launched "boost phase" system designed to intercept missiles before they leave the atmosphere, rather than the current...
...land once set aside for the exclusive enjoyment of Hawaiian royalty, Burger King now jousts for fast-food supremacy with a branch of the distinctly Japanese fast-food chain Mos Burger. Step inside the latter, and you can sink your teeth into an authentic Tokyo-style teriyaki chiisu bagaa. (That's "cheeseburger" with a Japanese accent.) East and West have collided in Hawaii for centuries, but never have the islands been so welcoming for Asian visitors...
...brilliant, rapacious commodities trader, along with his partner, Pincus Green, was charged with an illegal oil-pricing scheme that amounted to what might be the biggest tax swindle in U.S. history, to the tune of almost $50 million--not to mention trading with Iran during the hostage crisis. The latter charge was later dropped against Rich's company but not against Rich and Green personally. (Not everybody was as lucky as Rich; junk-bond king Michael Milken, who was opposed by the SEC, and convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, who has no fans in the intelligence community, were denied pardons...
Most Presidents are felled by failures of their office--Carter by the hostages, Nixon by Watergate, Johnson by Vietnam--but the Clintons have been brought down almost entirely by their sexual and financial escapades, the former his, the latter hers. Hillary's lapses have been explained away by her husband's low pay in Arkansas. Yet by most standards, the Clintons lived large in Little Rock; she was a partner in one of the city's leading law firms, they called the Governor's mansion home, and had only one child to put through college. Still, she got the family...