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...example, big glass windows, slick white benches and piped-in music welcome shoppers. "We're all about responding to our customers, focusing on what we sell and putting it in an exciting environment for them," says Kevin Mansell, president of Kohl's. "We want to broaden our reach...
Everybody loves Grandma, right? But what if she's going to bankrupt the country? Every seven seconds an American turns 50, and the oldest baby boomers will reach 65 in four years. That generation accounts for 78 million Americans. They consume 40% of the federal budget through such programs as Social Security and Medicare. And policy experts fear that the coming wave of seniors could swamp those programs--leaving a gift of higher taxes and reduced benefits for their kids. "The crisis is coming--we know that," says Bill Novelli, CEO of AARP...
...reactor at Chernobyl. But gamma spectrometers found nothing unusual in his blood or urine. As doctors ruled out a slew of increasingly obscure toxins and bugs, the patient's condition worsened. In desperation, the police sent his urine to Britain's Atomic Weapons Establishment, which has equipment beyond the reach of any hospital. There, experts discovered Litvinenko's urine was teeming with radiation--not the gamma rays they had been looking for, which are the usual culprits in radiation poisoning because they can penetrate steel and concrete, but alpha particles, which can be blocked by a single sheet of paper...
...Next to a display case of food is a shelf full of CDs and DVDs. The space devoted to preparing drinks has been reduced by a quarter and re-engineered to conserve movement and space. Vertical shelves set into the wall help keep workers in one place as they reach for syrup bottles and tea bags. By the door are bins of coffee beans customers can touch and smell...
...Islamic nations, and nation building. Professors said yesterday that his interest in international issues would strengthen Harvard’s faculty. “Feldman’s addition greatly strengthens an already exceptionally distinguished faculty in domestic, foreign, and comparative constitutional law, and helps to globalize the reach of our collective expertise,” Loeb University Professor Laurence H. Tribe ’62 said, adding that Feldman is an “accomplished and highly original scholar.” Barron noted that Feldman’s hiring comes on the heels of “another...