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...life has been dominated by one issue: survival. Concern for himself, politically and physically, has been so overpowering that every decision he makes--from a car journey to the appointment of a general--is a function of "Will this make me safer?" He started with nothing. The villagers in his native Peam Koh Sna, four hours up the Mekong River from Phnom Penh, remember him as a clever, quiet boy. He displayed "a talent to persuade people by speaking," according to Chin Tho, 58, who farms tobacco along the river. But Hun Sen's family was poorer than average...
...develop the disease. Circumcised men are one-third to one-half as likely to become infected after exposure to HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases. But they are not by any means immune, and the difference in infection rates would probably diminish among men who use condoms and practice safer...
...brutally efficient success in reducing crime, paring welfare rolls, fighting smut and ending vagrancy has endeared him to middle-class white ethnics outside Manhattan; his pro-choice, pro-immigrant, opera-friendly moderation on social issues makes him palatable to soccer moms. While hardened city dwellers mutter about Giuliani's safer, duller New York, suburbanites love it. In the TIME/CNN survey, Giuliani received a favorability rating of 40% among New York City voters but outpolled Hillary 52% to 41% in the suburbs...
...PEACH? A Consumer Reports study last week alleged that 2 out of 5 peaches harbor potentially dangerous levels of pesticide residue. Though the produce industry challenges the findings, the researchers also claim that apples, pears and winter squash show troubling residue levels. Surprisingly, some imported samples were deemed safer than domestic. Which produce got the best ratings? Bananas, canned corn and--sorry, kids--broccoli. To protect yourself, don't stop eating fruits and veggies, but choose a variety, wash and peel--or go organic...
Household products are less of a concern. Consumers can look for wraps made of polyethylene instead of PVC. To play it even safer, food should never be microwaved in any plastic wrap since this speeds adipate migration. Plastic bowls marked microwavable are probably safer than those that aren't; glass or china bowls are even better. Beyond that, there's little any consumer can do. "Industry develops these products for their physical characteristics," says Peter Orris, a professor of internal medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, "but it doesn't always test them for human toxicity...