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...reverse psychology). It all started downhill for Matt when the Academy passed him over for The Talented Mr. Ripley and decided to nominate his co-star, Jude Law, instead (the "Golden Boy" torch was officially passed). Realizing that Mr. Damon was about to lose his luster, the rumor mill went into overdrive - any seedy information about Matt would be welcomed and promptly printed. And like clockwork, two weeks later, the stories appear. Here are the two most incriminating...
...winds up cold and dark, life might hang on for a long time--say, by extracting gravitational energy from black holes. But trying to make a living once everything has subsided to pretty much the same temperature--a tad above absolute zero--is like trying to run a water mill on a dead-still pond...
...authoritarian rule; peace will undermine a pillar of the regime's legitimacy. Worse yet for the Assad regime, peace on the Israeli front and the security arrangements that come with it will invariably mean redeploying the Syrian army from the Golan Heights closer to Damascus. Coups occur when troops mill around the capital, not when they are stationed far off on the Golan. No one knows this brutal fact better than Assad, who himself seized power by coup d'etat in 1970 as an air force general. What a glorious moment for Assad should the Israeli public nix the agreement...
This is a first, folks. Never before has a pro athlete made the nightly news with his decision to retire from advertising. Then again, this isn't your run-of-the-mill sports superstar. This is Michael Jordan, sports' answer to Elvis. In fact, it seems His Airness didn't want to end up like Elvis - a cartoon of his former self, kidding himself that he's still in his prime. Just as Jordan retired from basketball as a reigning MVP and league champion, he steps out of advertising as the industry champ...
...lower premiums, some doctors worry the HMO's dedication to the bottom line could be dangerous for patients, who could inadvertently increase their dosages, resulting in sleep loss and nervousness - or worse. And, according to TIME medical editor Christine Gorman, United's plan could be more grist for the mill of anti-HMO rhetoric. "This takes the power to prescribe out of the doctors' hands and puts it in the bureaucrats' court, all in the name of cost-cutting," says Gorman. "This is exactly the sort of thing that gives HMOs a bad reputation in the first place...