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...which is used as a symbol of marriage, contained the same amount. Those levels are below the E.U.'s acceptable threshold of 2 to 3 mcg/g of lead, but the study's authors say that regardless of the amount, the presence of lead in these products should be a reason for concern, since they could potentially add to exposure from other sources of the neurotoxin in a child's environment. (Three of the food products the team tested exceeded the E.U. guidelines: two brands of sindav salt and one type of sindaloo powder, or sea salt...
...other reason that crime rates have dropped is the use of DNA, as well as other advances in forensics, in helping to solve crimes. If criminals suspect that catching them will be that much easier, they hopefully will think twice before committing the crime. Technology has undoubtedly contributed to the decrease, not only in highlighting crime hot spots as mentioned, but also in solving crimes, getting criminals off the streets, and as a deterrent. Edward Bent, FRANKFURT, GERMANY...
...reason for the meltdown is money. Unlike most other motor sports, F1 is as much a battle between engineers as it is a race between drivers. Spurred on by a space-race mentality, F1 teams were research-and-developing themselves into oblivion. "The cost was growing beyond the point where you could have one or two teams," says McLaren's Whitmarsh...
That's a big reason why Formula One is moving steadily eastward. When it began in 1950, on the bumpy tracks of Monza and Silverstone, the championship was a race between European cars mostly driven by European drivers and watched by European fans. The drivers took their lives in their hands every time they got behind the wheel. Many didn't make it. Jackie Stewart, three-time F1 world champion, used to look back at his house before leaving to drive at Germany's original Nürburgring in case he never saw it again. "The Nürburgring...
...upheavals of every kind: spiritual, geological, corporeal, romantic, ethical, political. An earthquake rocks the Japanese capital, while beggars shiver in the cold. Anticipatory lovers throb with desire in the shadowed alleyways of "Trumpet Shells." In "The Offering," a young boy who kills an old red rooster for no good reason is wracked by guilt and fevers. In "Scarecrow," a dissolute husband jounces his wife's pregnant belly with a spiteful kick. Elsewhere, villagers are stricken with tuberculosis, malaria or opium withdrawal. But at least they're alive, unlike the unnamed refugee from the North whose worm-riddled corpse is mentioned...