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...pace with the huge surge in demand that has been the force driving up prices to more than $60 bbl. - and which potentially puts the world at the mercy of politically fickle energy producers from Russia to Iran. "We will have some shocks because supply is so tight," warned Min Zhu, executive assistant president of the Bank of China. He's also expecting a surge in volatility in financial markets this year and, like the other panelists, worries about how successfully the untested new governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, will deal with unforeseen problems. Jacob A. Frenkel...
...nearly 2 1/2 centuries been the least-read classic in the canon. The novel is such a wildly, willfully discursive history of its hero and narrator (whose birth does not occur until more than halfway through the book) that the notion of turning it into a 94-min. film raises two stubborn questions...
That groggy discombobulation you feel upon waking is technically called sleep inertia, and a study in J.A.M.A. reports that it can be as debilitating as being legally drunk. Its most severe effects, however, usually fade in 10 min...
...Prime Minister's aides, the medical personnel discussed whether to fly him to Jerusalem by helicopter but decided it would be too rough a ride, instead opting to transport him by ambulance to Hadassah hospital. He was still conscious when his convey arrived in Jerusalem 48 min. later, but his condition soon deteriorated. An MRI scan revealed a serious brain hemorrhage. Sharon underwent a two-stage operation that lasted more than eight hours. After another surgery on Friday morning, Sharon was in a medically induced coma and attached to a respirator. "Sharon won't come back to be a decision...
...average person speaks to himself at a rate of 300 to 1,000 words a minute. According to Trevor Moawad, director of mental conditioning for IMG Academies, a leading sports-training facility, that means that for a tennis player competing in a typical 2-hr. match, only about 40 min. are spent on the court contesting points, leaving an hour and 20 min. between points with little to do but talk to oneself. Positive chatter can help the athlete stay focused, but if the conversation strays into fears of failing, then the self-talk can become counterproductive...