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...close encounter with a grizzly bear in a bad mood is a terrifying thing. The monstrous beasts can weigh in at nearly 900 lbs. and stand more than 9 ft. tall when they rear up on their hind legs, brandishing their 5-in. claws. And unlike many wild animals, grizzlies are not more afraid of you than you are of them. Unless you're carrying a powerful gun when you meet one, there's a reasonable chance you will end up as lunch--as anyone seeing Werner Herzog's new documentary, Grizzly Man, will learn in particularly gruesome fashion...
...zones where every tree and plant and dwelling has been bulldozed for a hundred yards. Thriving hothouses and comfortable red-roofed villas set in lush, green gardens spread across the dunes, huddling inside rings of razor wire and electric fence. Three-story military watchtowers draped in camouflage rear up out of back gardens, and tanks patrol the perimeters. The only Palestinians allowed within view are the laborers who come in each day to work in the hothouses. And when the Palestinians go home, they pass through military checkpoints where they are forced to show they have not taken any greenhouse...
...weight. Another is that bacon and pork rinds in mass quantities are not good for you. Atkins claimed godlike mastery over these equations. And every time someone does that--whether it's about ginkgo biloba, Reiki techniques or lowering taxes to pay off the debt--eventually the immutable truths rear up, and all of us suffer. Although that's a small price to pay for making me feel superior...
...errors, like forgetting to signal a turn, from abnormal ones, like stopping at a green light. At the Orlando center, about 70% of those tested so far--many of them referred because of Alzheimer's--have failed. About 20% have been given remediation, which may include anything from larger rear-view mirrors for the car to cataract surgery for the driver...
...allowed to float, even only slightly, its value should better reflect China's buoyant economic growth and its booming trade with the rest of the world. But the 2.1% shift is so slight that it amounts to little more than "a toe in the water," says David O'Rear, chief economist at the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce...