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...wide open" [BAGHDAD'S TREASURES, April 28]. This is an example of the cultural bankruptcy that characterizes the Bush Administration. The price of one jet bomber would go a long way toward endowing any major U.S. museum, helping ensure fiscal stability for generations. Actions by the coalition forces to protect the Iraq Museum might have done much to convince people throughout the Middle East that we were serious about their welfare. Instead, we're doling out billions to American companies to rebuild damaged infrastructure and failing to take into account another kind of damage--to Iraq's cultural heritage--that...
After this great military victory, it is incomprehensible that the coalition could not provide a few more soldiers to protect the cultural heritage of the Iraqi people. We will have to live with this shame for many years to come. JOEL RICHMON Piedmont, Calif...
Iraqis are mourning the looting of their museums and blaming the coalition troops for not protecting them. But if the relics and art objects were so dear to Iraqis, why didn't they do more to protect them? I saw pictures of people in Baghdad carting off anything and everything--including the kitchen sink--with huge grins on their faces. Although the loss of antiquities is tragic, it was the Iraqis who destroyed the record of their history. The U.S. came to give them a future. Spare me the crocodile tears and pointing fingers. MURPHY CARPENTER Charlotte...
...thanks to a new drug from Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, his pain can be eased with fewer side effects. The FDA has approved Deramaxx, the first animal drug to target the COX-2 enzyme, responsible for arthritic pain, while sparing the COX-1 enzyme, which helps dogs (and people) protect their stomach linings. This relief method puts Deramaxx in the same class as Celebrex (Pfizer) and Vioxx (Merck), which are for humans. Vets expect Deramaxx to cut into sales of Pfizer's Rimadyl and Wyeth's EtoGesic, which dominate the $150 million U.S. dog-arthritis market. Deramaxx will cost about...
Chinaveg no longer relies on rings of police around fields to protect its crop. It has built business relationships using local farmers as middlemen (and watchdogs). The next step is to introduce equipment, like tractors, that can increase yields and quality. Already Chinaveg is growing. Total sales were up 40% last year, to $5 million--picture a head of lettuce being sold every second--and sales of higher-margin packaged salads also grew 40%, to $2.7 million. In the U.S., bags of "fresh-cut" produce are the fastest growing segment of the market, up from sales of $300 million...