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...while the benefit may seem slight, Bedrosian notes that in cancer terms, any percentage boost in survival is meaningful, particularly to patients. And when women are facing the decision to lose a healthy breast, every piece of information counts. (See more about health care...
...sorry the way celebrities arrive at parties: late, but with flourish. The concession, the type men seem to like least, is the most common public apology. Generally, if a guy has gotten as far as calling a press conference, he has tried one or two methods already - Woods was a fan of the stonewall - and realized he's going to have to go the Full Monty. The concession is brutal but efficient. As soon as Woods offered up his 13-min. halting mea culpa (male culpa?), people swiftly moved on to the next step of any interpersonal conflict: not wanting...
...Hakone Open-Air Museum Set amid Mount Fuji's misty foothills, this sprawling yet well-manicured park hosts well over 100 sculptures, including a collection of works from Henry Moore, whose reclining bronze figures seem to be enjoying the lovely views. Among the other sculptors represented are Marta Pan, Carl Milles and Alicia Penalba. At over 70,000 square meters, the park is big enough to tire you out. But fear not, this is Japan: hot baths await your aching feet. See www.hakone-oam.or.jp...
...face more terrorist attacks at home. Influential Indian foreign policy analyst C. Raja Mohan has even suggested, in a recent editorial in the Indian Express, that New Delhi should push for a trilateral summit among India, Pakistan and Afghanistan to secure a lasting peace in the region. That may seem like a distant prospect when India and Pakistan have just restarted their dialogue, but perhaps the only move worth making now is a big one. "If its diplomacy is paralyzed by the fear of another attack, India will invite many more," Mohan writes. "Acting boldly, Delhi might have a chance...
...divisive grandstanding they accused conservatives of using in the recent identity debate. Many French commentators note that fast-food diners can't tell whether the meat they're eating is halal, kosher or blessed by voodoo priests unless they're specifically told - making the beef over halal burgers seem a tad overdone. French KFC affiliates mostly buy halal-slaughtered birds, but there has been no controversy about that. And if people are really annoyed about bacon being dropped from a menu, they can always take their business to one of France's many other fast-food outlets...