Word: risen
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America can be a very unforgiving place. It is not that we aren't taught to forgive. This Sunday, on Easter, millions of Christians will celebrate the embodiment of divine forgiveness, the risen Lord. The parable of the pardoning of the prodigal son is recapitulated as often on daytime soaps as in Sunday sermons. No, the problem with forgiveness has been that of all acknowledged good acts, it is the one we are most suspicious of. "To err is human, to forgive, supine," punned S.J. Perelman. In a country where the death penalty has been a proven vote getter...
...stock market will not rocket higher or careen into a ditch just because the Dow notches a fifth digit. But Dow 10,000 is a critical plateau in that it will be the product of an extraordinary run. If the Dow had risen at its historical rate of 11% a year instead of its 24% average annual rise since 1994, it would now be nearing 6000, and we'd be years--not days--from popping the cork. No one can say when this period of outsized gains will end. But the same trends will not last forever...
...sicken humans. Now a soon-to-be-released study shows that the bug is increasingly resistant to quinolines, the main class of antibiotics used to treat the infection. One reason may be the routine use of quinolines in chicken feed. The percentage of quinoline-resistant campylobacter infections has risen to 10.3% today from 5% in 1995--the year quinolines were approved for use in chicken chow. For antibiotic-free birds, try organic...
When Vladeck learned via walkie-talkie that Shuldiner had risen to ask his question, she ordered the protesters silent. When he was finished, students resumed their chants...
...Spending on all prescriptions amounted to $100 billion last year and is growing 11% to 14% annually. Competition among generic drugmakers has depressed prices nearly 40% since 1995, saving consumers between $8 billion and $10 billion annually. As generics have got cheaper, their share of all drugs prescribed has risen to nearly 45%, almost tripling since 1984. On the other hand, since 1995 consumers have paid nearly 20% more for brand-name medications...