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...represent an ideal - and largely mythical - concept of American womanhood." That was not Clinton's favorite part of the job. Maybe this is Michelle's true advantage: she appears at peace, even relieved, that her power is symbolic rather than institutional. It makes her less threatening, and more potent at the same time - especially since her presence at the White House has unique significance. (See pictures of when Michelle met Hillary...
...lists the information that customers use to make their choices. In a New York Times interview, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the city’s health commissioner, remarked “most people underestimate calorie content by a lot” and added that he considered the rules a potent weapon in the crusade against rising obesity rates. At the other end of the spectrum, individuals who have slow metabolisms or suffer from compulsive eating disorders should have nutritional information readily available in order to help them moderate their caloric intake...
...palace, carrying signs calling Colom an "assassin" and demanding his resignation. The competing protests are the most visible sign of a politically charged environment that has the potential to cause Colom to resign, Isaacs says. "This country has for so long been paralyzed by the pervasive violence and the potent mix of gangs and narcotraffickers," she says. "Now that paralysis has turned into rage. And if these demonstrations pick up momentum, they could have a snowball effect...
...while humans are not susceptible to every strain of avian flu, pigs definitely are. When bird flu viruses replicate in pigs, they pick up the viral machinery that gives more selective flu strains the power to spread to other mammals, like us. That's what makes pigs such potent mixing bowls for flu. The roundabout bird-pig-human route may be less common than the straight bird-human jump, but it may be more problematic. Strains of avian flu, like the much-feared H5N1, can infect individual humans, but they can't make the person-to-person leap. Avian...
...Oaxaca who died on April 13, Health Secretary Jose Crdova conceded that Edgar Hernandez, a four-year-old boy, who survived a bout of flu in February and March, had actually had the virus, as tests have now shown. Local authorities had raised alarm bells about a potent outbreak of flu in the boy's village, La Gloria, but the federal government had not reported the development to the World Health Organization. Officials considered the child's illness "normal," having occurred during the flu season...