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Maybe that was because Ruddock had already given her teammates--and the fans--one scare when the puck was behind her early in the game. Midway through the second period, it was right behind her left skate after she had ventured five feet out of the crease to play an uncontested puck...
...past, North Korea's main exports were missiles?either shipped surreptitiously to other rogue nations or shot off launch pads to scare Japan and the rest of the world. The missile industry could well be shut down if North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong Il cuts a deal with the worried West; former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright tried to hurry along such a pact during her visit to Pyongyang in October. In 1994, North Korea mothballed its nuclear weapons program in exchange for oil, aid and a pair of nuclear power reactors from the U.S., Japan...
...England Journal study has highlighted one of the drawbacks of bypass operations, but even its authors say that they hope it doesn't scare anybody away from getting necessary surgery. They note that many of the study participants wouldn't have lived five years without the operation. To them, a little trouble with memory or attention might seem worth...
...There's a reason. The scare over bse reflects a deeper anxiety in Europe today about globalization and its consequences. Ever-closer union means that money, goods and services are more easily exchanged-but it also means that maladies like bse can seep across borders with less resistance. "It is virtually impossible to isolate the European countries from one another," European Commission President Romano Prodi said recently. "We are all one big country." But such bromides only bolster European fears about lost national identity and fuel suspicions that even the most basic concerns of life, such as what...
While Chandrasekaran's actions may have demonstrated a lack of judgment, his behavior certainly does not warrant jail time. He is no hardened criminal and represents no further menace to society. Most likely, the scare of facing a possible 20-year jail term will prevent him from ever repeating his offense...