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...press, Fahrenheit 9/11 has made news with its assertions of White House duplicity. But in theaters, the movie can hit home, especially for those who have loved ones in Iraq. Greg Rohwer-Selken, 33, of Ames, Iowa, and his wife Karol are former Army reservists who both volunteered for Afghanistan (but weren't sent). Now Karol is serving in the National Guard in Iraq. After seeing Fahrenheit 9/11 in Des Moines, Rohwer-Selken wipes away tears as he says, "It really made me question why she has to be over there." (The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, which books...
...commitments, however, are less likely to be monitored by coaches and instructors than by the aestheticians, masseurs and nutritionists at the growing number of day spas and resorts that cater to young people. "Kids are under such stress now at school with life the way it is," says Marla Rohwer of Highland, N.Y., who recently accompanied her daughter Sarah, 15, to a massage at SPAhhhT, a facility for those 17 and younger at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort & Spa outside San Antonio, Texas. "It's a lot of money, but for a special treat for a birthday...
...revered by readers and changed the landscape of movie criticism; in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Kael didn't begin writing reviews until aged 35, but quickly gained a following and was hired by The New Yorker magazine in 1968 where she would reign for more than 20 years. DIED. JIM ROHWER, 52, respected commentator on the Asian economy; in a boating accident, in France. A Hong Kong-based senior writer for Fortune, Rohwer authored the 1995 book Asia Rising, which became the definitive take on the region's economic ascendancy. DIED. CHRISTIAAN BARNARD, 78, daring South African surgeon who became...
...same spread of the BSE pathogen. Making things even harder, scientists still can't agree on what that pathogen is--a first step in figuring out how to treat the disease if it does surface. "The only thing that stands between us and an epidemic," says Robert Rohwer, director of molecular virology at the VA Medical Center in Baltimore, "is unmitigated luck...
Ironically, the Nature paper generated concern in the U.S., where not one case of mad-cow disease has been diagnosed. "I hope we're not on the same course as the British," says Rohwer, "but we could be." What concerns Rohwer and others is that the U.S. agricultural industry, like its British counterpart, recycles animal scraps, turning them into both cattle feed and garden fertilizer. Should even one domestic cow develop the disease spontaneously--something that is known to occur in nature--the pathogen could quickly spread through U.S. herds...