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...Robert Rubin agrees, but when he talks about the economic challenges facing the U.S., his tone takes on an edge of frustration. Rubin isn't really worried about the rise of India and China. He's worried about the U.S. "What we've really got to do is get serious," he says. "We have to address the various challenges we have and create the best possible environment in this country." Rubin reels off a rather gloomy list of what the U.S. must do to compete. "We've got to have a public education system that's first-rate...
...Serious heart disease, however, can be prevented with the right screening and follow-up care, and the same is true for many of the other severe health problems that can emerge years after cancer treatments. In previous decades, for instance, girls with Hodgkin's lymphoma were frequently treated with radiation to the chest, putting them at increased risk of developing breast cancer as young women. Screening them at age 25 instead of 40, as usually recommended, can pick up the disease sooner and, it is hoped, give doctors the chance to remove small lesions before they grow or spread. (Radiation...
...most serious challenge for female fighters is to find the right organization to promote them. Fatal Femmes is a promising yet fringe production: its second event, in mid-July, was at a small casino in Compton, Calif.; the fighters, on average, made just $1,000. Most female fighters need day jobs to support themselves. Plus the UFC, which Fatal Femmes star Lisa Ward refers to as "dreamland," has no plans to add a women's division. "I don't want to see two women beatin' on each other," says UFC president Dana White. "I don't like...
...long ago, I was in Diyala province, sitting in the back seat of a Humvee as it rolled down a dirt road on the outskirts of Baqubah. The roadside bomb we triggered went off directly under me. Luckily, it was relatively small, and the armor protected everyone inside from serious injury. But everyone was left in pain. The moment of the blast felt like ice picks plunging in both ears at once. A second later, thick whitish smoke filled the cab, and inhaling it instantly formed a throbbing headache comparable to my most vicious hangovers...
...unilateral moratorium was built into the CFE treaty, Russia's action amounts to non-compliance, strictly speaking. It might indeed be designed for domestic consumption. Or it might be just an act of blackmail in Putin's new brinkmanship with the U.S. But it also might be serious water testing on his part to see how far he can stretch his empire-building muscle and get away with...