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...Nicolas Dupont-Aignon, a conservative parliamentarian and usually a supporter of right-wing causes, said that the initiative "completely escaped" the government's control. "The government poorly framed this debate from the outset and - for electoral objectives - spoke of national identity rather than national unity," he says. While the media are now filled with fretting by conservatives about the right's chances in the March elections, politicians on the left aren't tempting fate by predicting victory. The left is, however, using the opportunity to bash Sarkozy's government. "What a fiasco: Operation National Identity, which was supposed to raise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why France's National Identity Debate Backfired | 2/12/2010 | See Source »

Lyman and Strachan’s performances are less compelling. Benjamin has a youthful excitement from the outset that lacks any of the weariness that his character claims to experience after the eight years he’s spent at a dead-end job. There’s simply a disconnect between his delivery and the problems Benjamin professes to have...

Author: By Nicholas D. Cuse, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Donahue Elevates 'Stairs' to New Heights | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...found in 70% of all cocaine seized in the U.S., up from 30% in 2008. Unlike most cuts - usually inert or relatively harmless substances like the B vitamin inositol, which are added by lower-level dealers looking to stretch supplies - levamisole appears to be added to cocaine from the outset, in the countries of origin. The substance has been found in various concentrations in cocaine analyzed in countries around the world, from Switzerland to Australia. And urine tests of cocaine users attending a drug clinic at San Francisco General Hospital in 2009 - one floor above Graf's office - found that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Common Cut in Cocaine May Prove Deadly | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

...this data collection was designed from the outset to show how the individual's genotype combines with environmental pressures to influence health and development. ALSPAC data have offered several important insights: baby lotions containing peanut oil may be partly responsible for the rise in peanut allergies; high maternal anxiety during pregnancy is associated with the child's later development of asthma; little kids who are kept too clean are at higher risk for eczema. (See the most common hospital mishaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny | 1/6/2010 | See Source »

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