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Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright was one of many prominent national figures who sat on the first panel, which began with the war in Iraq...
...second panel addressed the domestic policy issues at stake in the upcoming Presidential election. A video produced by the BBC preceding the discussion argued that the American electorate has drifted to the right since September 11th, focusing too much on national security and too little on issues like health care and the economy...
...Merck conducted. It was a particularly careful study--a randomized, double-blind trial of 2,600 patients, comparing Vioxx with a placebo--designed to determine whether Vioxx might prevent the formation of polyps in the colon. The study was scheduled to last three years, but two weeks ago, the panel of doctors and statisticians that was monitoring the trial's safety data informed Merck that the evidence of cardiovascular problems in the subjects taking Vioxx was clear--so clear that the trial should be halted immediately. The study showed that patients who took Vioxx for more than 18 months...
...TIME's Board of Economists--RON HIRA of the Rochester Institute of Technology, CATHERINE MANN of the Institute for International Economics and MATTHEW SLAUGHTER of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth--proceeded to delve into that hotly contested question. Under prodding from TIME's JYOTI THOTTAM, the panel wrestled with issues of policy, politics and economic philosophy, sometimes clashing sharply. But in the end they agreed on a sobering call to action. The future of U.S. competitiveness in a globalized economy, they argued, depends on helping American workers through a period of historic transition...
...adults. Now finished and collected as a 1,300-page softcover (Cartoon Books), Bone combines the humor and look of early Disney movies with the scope of the Lord of the Rings cycle. A former animator, Smith draws characters that are both cute and scary, and he infuses every panel with dynamic energy. While children will read Bone for its breathless adventure and sight gags, older kids and adults will appreciate the themes of blind fanaticism and corrupting power. You might want to bone up on it. --By Andrew Arnold