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...future of weapons of mass destruction: "Now pointed at Japan, North Korea's missiles will one day target the United States and China. The missiles of Pakistan fallen into the hands of fundamentalists will threaten first India, then Europe. Those of Hezbollah - in other words, Iran - that now target Israel will one day be pointed at Cairo, Riyadh, Algiers, Tunis, Casablanca, Istanbul, then at Rome, Madrid, London and Paris. Should the battle lines harden and the country be threatened with annihilation, China's missiles could one day target Japan and the United States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the World Will Look Like by 2050 | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...Chocolate and strawberries. The only announcement that could send a mass exodus of diners to the servery...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Ask and You Shall Receive | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...Although they are not innately bad instruments and can provide much-needed liquidity, when left unregulated they can be used in ways that cause tremendous detriment to our financial system. It is not surprising that investor Warren Buffet refers to credit derivatives as “financial weapons of mass destruction...

Author: By George Hayward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Regulating Credit Default Swaps | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...previous studies have found evidence linking rapid weight gain in infancy to a greater risk of obesity later in life, this study analyzed growth rate more precisely, monitoring weight-to-length ratio over the first six months. According to Taveras, the weight-to-length ratio, akin to the body mass index in adults, is a more accurate indicator of body fat than weight alone. The study showed that rapid rises in weight-to-length ratio increased the risk of later obesity from 20 to 40 percent, a risk Taveras called “not insignificant.” Clifford...

Author: By Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baby Fat Linked to Obesity | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

Benedict's decision in 2007 to allow wider access to the traditional Tridentine Mass - said in Latin with the priest facing the altar rather than his flock - means that liturgical disputes with the Lefebvre followers have basically been resolved. "What remain are doctrinal questions that can only be clarified through further patient dialogue," Levada says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Schism with Lefebvrites Not Healed Yet, Says Vatican | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

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