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...deaf ears. But Bill Gates must have had something different in mind when he told the Harvard family, “When you consider what those of us here in this Yard have been given—in talent, privilege, and opportunity—there is almost no limit to what the world has a right to expect from...
...there are real benefits to organic fruits and vegetables, Dr. Sanjay Gupta said, "scientists have yet to document a definite, long-term negative effect of pesticides on our bodies" [Sept. 3]. Pesticides are poisons designed to kill living things. It is because pesticides are harmful that there are limits on pesticide residues. These limits assume that everyone eats an average diet. If you eat more than the average amount of any one food, you exceed the safe limit. Don Steinke, Vancouver, Washington...
...study prompted Britain's Food Standards Agency to issue an immediate advisory to parents to limit their children's intake of additives if they notice an effect on behavior. In the U.S., there's been no such official response, but doctors say it makes sense for parents to be on the alert...
...APEC is, after all, a big player: its members account for about 60% of global carbon emissions, more than all the countries that have agreed to take action under Kyoto. Many of those members are developing nations, with mushrooming emissions and, under Kyoto, no obligation to limit them. "If we could get all 21 economies to agree to make some kind of a contribution to address the issue," Downer says, "it would be a very big step forward." Alan Oxley, chairman of the Australian APEC Study Center at Monash University, agrees. "The Chinese will not accept the sort of regulation...
...said Kearns, who predicts the Cup favorites will be bidding au revoir in the quarter-finals. The Wallabies' Cup-winning coach of '99, Rod Macqueen, questioned whether the Blacks had the versatility to play more than one style. French mentor Bernard Laporte has accused them of playing to the limit of the rules and exploiting weak refereeing...