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...Nearly 80 million babies are born a year, all of whom need food, energy and housing. The simplest and most significant thing any of us can do to save our beautiful planet is to limit the size of our families. Yet not a word about population restraint in your Heroes issue. Lorna Currie Thomopoulos, COBHAM, ENGLAND...
With typical restraint, China to air 50-part BRUCE LEE biography...
...Asia (with the exception, perhaps, of India), it is virtually unthinkable that an individual from a minority could rise to become a serious national leader. Whatever we may think of the U.S., of its hardly stellar handling of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, of its lack of oversight, restraint and thrift over the financial meltdown, the fact that a Barack Obama can overcome the disadvantages associated with being black and have a shot at the highest office in the land speaks volumes about the possibility of hope in America - a possibility that cannot be entertained in the same...
...teens interviewed, 84% say they have been affected by rising prices. Before they ask for something, 56% of teens say they now consider whether their parents will be able to afford it, with 42% stating that they are asking their parents for less. "If teens are exercising more restraint and curtailing what they ask for, that certainly doesn't bode well for holiday shopping," says Candace Corlett, president of WSL Strategic Retail...
...Although few details have leaked about how the Obama team has prepared for Thursday's event, it is a safe bet that Biden has been rehearsing short, crisp answers and general restraint to avoid droning on, showing off or Beltway bloviating. Given the reality of gender politics and the Senator's tendency for familiar glad-handing, Biden is in particular danger of saying something perceived as condescending or sexist to Palin. Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm has been serving as a stand-in to simulate the dynamic he will face, and Biden has reportedly sought out advice from Senate colleagues like...