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Despite his bleak outlook under the current administration, Sachs said that—with the right leadership—the alleviation of poverty and preventable disease by 2025 is a practical goal...
Every year about 60,000 babies are born in the U.S. weighing less than 3.3 lbs. and at risk of chronic lung disease. University of Chicago researchers reported last week that the outlook for such neonates could be improved with low doses of nitric oxide. In a study of 207 preemies, doctors gave half the group nitric oxide with their oxygen; the other half got the standard stuff. While 85% survived in the nitric oxide group, only 78% of the controls did. Of the nitric oxide infants, 61% were free of lung disease; that was true...
Will Bush Blink Again? Having flexed their muscles and forced George W. Bush to lift U.S. tariffs on imported steel last week, the E.U. and the World Trade Organization won't be toweling down just yet. Hailing an upturn in the economy and a better outlook for America 's steel industry, Bush said the time was right to end the 21-month-old subsidies, which violated WTO trade rules. But now U.S. trade partners are pressing for other concessions. "We have a number of disputes with the U.S. ," says Arancha Gonzalez, spokeswoman for E.U. trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy...
...with them. There's talk radio and cable and Truebeliever.com to reinforce and inflame their views rather than challenge them. At the bookstore, Ann Coulter and Al Franken square off on the best-seller table (see box). The hordes of media shouters both mirror the electorate and harden their outlook. Moderation may be sensible and practical, but it's not entertaining, and it doesn't sell books...
While one may not support the policies that the ambassador espouses, it is difficult to argue that adding new perspectives to debates on difficult problems is bad for this nation. Expecting Ambassador Braun not to cite at all the new outlook she would bring to American leadership, as Larson demands, is not only unreasonable, but also reflects persistent and destructive public biases that must be overcome...