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The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are not unlike Vietnam, which in the '60s and '70s was a distraction from spying on the main enemy, the Soviet Union. Vietnam was a voracious maw that never stopped sucking in people and resources. And no matter how much the CIA threw into...
1. On rating Christian relics: In the Catholic Church, "there came to be three distinct kinds: first class, second class, and third class, with further scales of value evident but less formally defined within each class. First class relics include any object that may have had contact with Jesus Christ...
Economists and international financial experts are left to answer an extremely difficult question. Does it matter if other large nations employ similar tactics to the U.S. in reviving their economies? Or, is a coordination of efforts not important to the pace of a global recovery. If Germany refuses to make...
For her fashion line with Macdonald, Fahmy scales back the ethnic touches and concentrates instead on large and flashy pieces. Macdonald says the jewelry is the perfect accompaniment to his silky, sparkly dresses. "It's the taste of the unexpected that people want," he says. "The women who wear my...
Massachusetts General Hospital violated Boston regulations last week when it waited four days to report a gastrointestinal infection that had stricken nine patients and 18 staff members on one floor of the building. According to The Boston Globe, Mass. General—a Harvard Medical School affiliate—had...