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...findings on the brain and its relation to the human mind may be scientifically sound but philosophically defective [Feb. 12]. Scientists like to break a rose, say, down to its atomic and subatomic particles. Likewise, they view consciousness as merely impulses within the brain. While this is sound science, it dismisses other routes to truth and meaning, like philosophy, history and theology. The whole is greater than, or at least different from, the sum of its parts. Richard W. Metz Sanibel, Florida...
...believe some U.S. officials, the Chinese people are way too thrifty. Hoping to help bring down the soaring U.S. trade deficit with China, which rose by 15% to $232.5 billion last year, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke have urged Beijing to encourage Chinese consumers to spend more (preferably on U.S. imports) and save less. It's true that a culture of financial prudence has shaped the psyche of generations of Chinese, leading to a national savings account of $2 trillion at the end of 2006. But it isn't quite fair to suggest that overly...
...three said they did not save at all. These results suggest that scrimping and delayed gratification are becoming outmoded traits of an older generation. China's burgeoning middle class is hungry to enjoy the fruits of its labor today, especially in the most prosperous mainland cities, where disposable incomes rose around 12% last year...
...jihadi groups, such as Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi's al-Qaeda, began a bombing campaign against Shi'ite targets. But many Shi'ite extremists, rather than lashing out at Sunnis, sometimes joined them in the insurgency against the Americans and their allies. When Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army rose against the U.S. in the summer of 2004, it was supported by the Sunni insurgency. That fall some of al-Sadr's fighters joined Sunnis in the battle of Fallujah. Al-Sadr portrayed himself as a defender of Arabs, not Shi'ites alone. Even the hard-line Sunni clerics' group...
...trust this industry for self-regulation.” A study published last month by Connolly and colleagues Hillel R. Alpert, Geoffrey F. Wayne, and Howard Koh showed an increase in the level of nicotine found in cigarettes across all brands and types from 1998 through 2005. Nicotine levels rose by an average of 1.6 percent annually over the seven-year period, according to the study, accumulating an 11 percent increase over the course of the entire study. In a statement released last month, Philip Morris disputed the results of the HSPH study, asserting that nicotine levels in cigarettes from...