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...that it had only three days' worth of coal reserves, according to an energy expert from the West who visited it last month. To cope, the plant is signing under-the-table deals with wildcat coal mines that had been shut down as part of a government campaign to repair the country's atrocious mining-safety record. "The government is turning a blind eye to these illegal mines starting up again," says the expert. "It's the only immediate solution they have to the coal problem...
...more toxic side effects of anticancer drugs, while others either lack such agents or have genes that produce the opposite effect, making them more sensitive to the drug's adverse effects. Researchers at MGH, for example, found that changes in the gene coding for an enzyme involved in DNA repair can mean the difference between breast-cancer patients who can tolerate chemotherapy and those with a twofold greater chance of experiencing a toxic reaction...
...Cemetery received $275 the income of which was to be applied to the repair of the lot. The sum is wholly inadequate to the needs, but it has been used as far as it will go,” the Harvard Alumni Bulletin reported in April 1919. “Records at the cemetery show that interments there have never been frequent; three was the greatest number in a year, and fifteen years once elapsed without...
...America's choices in Iraq are meager. Short of a complete makeover, which would cost at least $1 trillion and take 20 to 30 years, the only practical solution is to apologize and give Iraq $100 billion to repair the damage we have done and put someone like Saddam Hussein in charge. Although the man's behavior was demonic, we have found that we cannot run his country without using some of his methods. Paul N. Nash Oakton...
...that plugs in for stability and power. The Robonaut was built as a spacewalk assistant to hand astronauts tools and perform the butler-like task of brushing contaminants off their space suits. But with five-fingered hands and cameras for eyes, it may be perfect for the repair job on Hubble. If NASA okays the mission, the agency has until the end of the year to pick the winning robot. Simon Cowell, are you listening...