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...Probably not. With no apparent unrest in the North, it seems more likely that Kim is trying to dial back his cult of personality, possibly to present himself as a more normal leader internationally. "He is confident in his power," says Kim Kwang In, a North Korea specialist at Seoul's Chosun Ilbo newspaper. "He doesn't need idolatry." But if this was a show of self-abnegation, it was a modest one. North Korea uses more than 1,000 flattering designations for its leader, including Guardian Deity of the Planet and Sun of the 21st Century. Meanwhile, Dear Leader...
...were well informed last year that the [council] budget was inflated and would be returning to normal this year,” Gottesman writes in an e-mail...
...support stocking around the heart to relieve the stress created when the organ becomes enlarged, usually from trying to compensate for damage caused by heart attacks, valve disorders or high blood pressure. In a study of 300 patients, the CorCap reportedly helped enlarged hearts return to a more normal size and shape. The cardiac support hose is still experimental, and implanting it involves major surgery, but developers will seek FDA approval early next year. Meanwhile, makers of the CorCap hope they can devise a way to put it in place less invasively. --By David Bjerklie
...employees not to comment. But last month, with remarkable timing, Attallah's Quartet Books published his first book since 2000, a 64-page memoir, The Old Ladies of Nazareth, based on his childhood. Who wrote it? "I'm sure he did," says Erdal. "It's very different from his normal style. Or, shall we say, his previously published style...
...bank robbery, stopping a runaway locomotive and coaxing a kitten down from a tree all on the way to his wedding. Segue to 15 years later and Mr. Incredible and his wife Helen, formerly known as Elastigirl (Holly Hunter), and their three children are attempting to live a normal suburban life under the Witness Protection Program. Bob juggles a potbelly and a mind-numbing job as an insurance claims specialist while longing for the old days; Helen is not willing to give up the peaceful life they have earned. Everything changes when Bob receives a communiqué calling...