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...wears as a civilian are unmodish and occasionally ill fitting. Points of ceremony do not rate with him. He refused to take umbrage when the Syrians sent merely their Foreign Minister to a peace summit with him last December--or to be insulted when his negotiating partner would not shake his hand...
...COFFEE SHAKE-UP Hard to believe, but that black sludge you drink each morning may be linked to a reduced risk of Parkinson's disease. A study of 8,000 Japanese-American men shows that those who down four to five cups daily are five times less likely to develop Parkinson's than those who never drink the brew. Turns out, though, it may not be the coffee that's helping. Researchers speculate that people who need a rush of caffeine may have a type of brain chemistry that's simply less prone to Parkinson...
...plan to become pregnant should be prescribed thalidomide," he says. Physicians also tend to reserve the drug for patients who do not respond to other treatments - a measure of caution that bears eloquent testimony to the shadow of fear thalidomide may never be able to shake...
Apart from the anger he would engender among religious conservatives - something he may be able to discount due to their lack of alternatives - it may be hard to shake off accusations of political expediency and hypocrisy. After all, the moral absolutism of the pro-life position is difficult to square with the cold-hearted strategizing involved in picking a partner with opposing views. Then again, Bush has been careful to keep a somewhat fuzzy definition of his pro-life position. So don't be surprised to find him reverting to the kind of language he adopted prior to being reelected...
...moaning culture," in the words of Greg Dyke, the British Broadcasting Corp.'s new director-general, has pervaded the Beeb in recent years, with staff members complaining about an overweening bureaucracy that stifles creativity. Last month it appeared that Dyke had taken the keening to heart. He announced a shake-up of the 23,000-employee organization in which hundreds of management jobs will be axed and $1.5 billion in savings channeled into programming over the next five years...