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...there are cases in which homocysteine levels may prove vitally important. People with kidney disease or diabetes, for example, or those who have a family history of heart disease are much more likely to suffer a heart attack. For them, even a modest decrease in cardiac risk can pay big dividends. Moreover, some people have a genetic mutation that reduces levels of a homocysteine-eating enzyme. A second meta-analysis, out of the Netherlands and also reported in last week's JAMA, shows that the mutation raises heart-disease rates 16%--and thus makes the impact of homocysteine reduction correspondingly...
...western Pakistan, not far from the Afghan border, where Mary Anne Weaver watched a man accused of murder prove his innocence by walking seven paces barefoot across hot coals. He made it without scorching his feet: case closed. The White House can take some comfort from the fact that unlikely outcomes are still possible in Pakistan. But as Weaver's engrossing and unnerving book makes plain, if the U.S. goes to war against Iraq, miracles may be needed to keep Pakistan, 1,500 miles to the east, from blowing into deadly pieces...
...surely it must be tempting to exercise that power, particularly at a moment of such national peril? No, says Aa Gym, at least not now. To prove his point, he tells of a recent visit from a powerful government figure from Jakarta. "They know that I have many people behind me, and he asked if I wanted to take power, do a revolution. But I said, 'Look at my eyes. Do I look like someone who would do such a thing? I will never do anything bad to anyone...
...beside her, Raja Chowdhury, would be killed if they discovered he was a Muslim. "I'm Mrs. Iyer," she told the mob, "and this is Mr. Iyer, my husband," she lied, introducing Chowdhury. And that was it. The gang moved on, questioning other passengers, forcing men they doubted to prove they weren't circumcised...
...seem improbable. There is no reason to think that students faced with cans and hard liquor will favor the hard stuff while the same students faced with kegs and hard liquor would go for the beer. Of course, anyone bent on getting drunk, even if only to prove a point, will be able to do so whatever the regulations; but the point of drinking is not to get drunk. Nor do I think that the keg ban will force parties off campus where the drinking will only be less controlled. In fact, I am puzzled about how to square this...