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China angrily opposes Bush's proposed missile-defense system, which could render its long-range arsenal useless. China also fears the U.S. will use a theater missile defense to shield Taiwan from its short-range missiles. Beijing has warned Bush that he risks a new arms race...
...about it. But it turns out she hates this new look. No, wait. HATES it. Truth be told, as a top British hairdresser noted, it's less than flattering to Aniston's long chin. "It's just not me. I hide behind my hair," she says. "It's my shield." Other famous faces--KATE MOSS, CHRISTY TURLINGTON, left, and Stella McCartney, to name a few--turned to supershort cuts this spring. Fledgling models have also taken the dare, but these are not Janet Reno do-it-yourselfers. Hmmm. If hemlines are indexed to a sagging economy, can short cuts...
...their tuition package, students can choose either to be covered under Harvard's Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurance plan or to sign a waiver saying that they wish to be covered under their parents' insurance...
...exchange for lifting the tariff. But just as there was a bigger picture (Taiwan, trade) to U.S.-China relations than one errant spy plane, there's a bigger picture to Europe-U.S. relations than bananas. Like Bush pulling out of Kyoto. Or insisting on a missile-defense shield. Or reassessing U.S. European troop balance in the Balkans...
...sunlight and slow down the rate of warming. That effect has dissipated, and the heating should start to accelerate. Moreover, the IPCC noted, many countries have begun to reduce their emissions of sulfur dioxide in order to fight acid rain. But sulfur dioxide particles, too, reflect sunlight; without this shield, temperatures should go up even faster...