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...course no secret that society is attracted to certain physical characteristics more attractive than others. Similarly, there are other markers that are indicative of financial wealth and social class without genetic differences. But trait selection is an especially dangerous practice in that it permanently brands children with characteristics that will be socially stigmatized by the very act of trait selection...
...here's why Defense Secretary Robert Gates kept discussions on the Pentagon's 2010 budget so secret that he swore the military's high command to silence ahead of the budget's unveiling. Aiming to shift military spending priorities from billion-dollar Cold War-era weapons to the simpler armored vehicles and spy drones needed for the "wars we are in today and scenarios for the years ahead," Gates on Monday proposed, among other things, to end funding of the advanced F-22 Raptor fighter. That cut alone will spark fierce resistance on Capitol Hill, but it's only...
...time has come for a "strategic reshaping" of the way the U.S. military is spending $600 billion a year - a tab that doesn't even include the cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now he's going public with the 2010 budget proposal he drafted in secret before formally sending it to the White House and the Office of Management and Budget. It's a ploy designed to build momentum for Gates' plan before it can be sabotaged by defense contractors and lawmakers (often from districts that benefit from building particular big-ticket items), with behind-the-scenes...
...Kristen Stewart), who herself is dealing with the stress surrounding the death of her mother and her affair with the park's older, married mechanic (Ryan Reynolds). TIME talked with Mottola about the film's quirky characters, its occasional scenes of drug usage - marijuana is this boy's secret weapon when it comes to making friends at his new job - and Mottola's favorite carnival food. (See TIME's "Top 10 Movie Bromances...
...Consumer Research, consumers who touch products in the aisles will pay more money for them than those who keep their hands off the merchandise. So in the 21 years Procter & Gamble ran the iconic television advertisements for its Charmin toilet-paper brand, Mr. Whipple, the uptight grocer with a secret squeezing fetish, should have encouraged his bubbly shoppers to fondle away...