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...issues. Obesity has been linked to myriad health problems, and the excessive quantities of soda children consume these days—the typical teenage boy consumes just under seven ounces of soda daily—together with devastatingly sedentary lifestyles have left the health of our youth in dangerous shape. But banning soft drink contracts from schools will not make children healthier; it is the responsibility of parents and young people on their own to monitor consumption habits. More sweeping cultural changes—and active reforms—are needed before America will get back on track toward...
Some projects, like the Dr. Seuss mural in the kitchen, were probably a planned group effort. Others—like the cheddar-cheese labels in the shape of a flower that stick to the fridge or the lumpy root displayed on the mantle—seem to have been done purely on the spur of the moment...
Though satellite dishes are common in Arab cities, many people watch TV at restaurants and cafes, where the communal mood takes shape. At the Ajyad restaurant in Amman one recent lunch hour, that mood was dark. On two 14-in. TVs, al-Jazeera carried video from a Baghdad market hit by missiles. As Iraqis pulled the mutilated dead from the rubble and the camera lingered on a boy with blood streaming from his head, waiters paused, holding their steaming plates of lamb stew. "This blood must be avenged," taxi driver Ata Ali said angrily. "We will see pictures of American...
...past week, showed that the prevention methods practiced thus far are by no means 100% effective. Says Dr. Atilla Turgay, chief of medical staff at Scarborough Hospital Grace Division, the epicenter of Canada's SARS outbreak: "The difficulty is we're facing an enemy that has no known shape, no identity, and no known effective treatment?and that's causing the most concern...
...Shape of the New Middle East