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...their "home" time zone) between long flights performed worse on reaction-time and vision tests than those on a longer-term recovery schedule. Researchers also pinpointed a specific area of the brain (the right temporal lobe, which controls visual and spatial memory) which became markedly smaller in the short-term recovery group than in the long-term subjects. It may not be permanent - but it sure sounds unpleasant. The brain, scientists speculate, needs at least 10 days to recover from a multiple time zone trip...
Cheney's proposal reflects the Administration's deep belief that the free market is best equipped to sort out short-term issues. "It's pretty astonishing," says a Democratic Senate staff member briefed on the general outlines of the report. "They have a fundamental belief that if you leave these energy markets alone, they'll right themselves...
...Here's a short-term plan: re-election...
...dance of short-term politics...
...even a temporary suspension of some highway tolls, got batted around at GOP lawmakers' weekly lunch with Cheney on Tuesday, and with vulnerable GOPers like Susan Collins of Maine fielding a lot of angry calls from the folks at home, we may see Bush and Cheney play a little short-term politics...