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...biological or nuclear weapons? More than ever, the U.S. needs big thinking on a big scale. Philippe P. Weber Bény-Bocage, France Your reporting on Katrina has shown the world the ugly and the dark side of the U.S., the side in which the color of the skin or the size of a bank account takes top priority. We all watched the agony and suffering of Americans, and we felt for them. Perhaps the time has come for the U.S. to review its priorities and become more compassionate and morally obligated toward its people. Next time, instead...
...feeding mothers produce milk." If he wanted a more up-to-date answer, Jema'ah could also have asked Wei Hong, a Guangdong native in his mid-30s who developed a taste for pangolin meat when his father bought some 20 years ago in the hope of curing a skin disease. With the meat now selling at an exorbitant $100 a kilogram, Wei, a journalist, must depend on others to indulge his taste for the exotic. He got lucky in January when he attended a dinner thrown by an executive at a large state-owned company. "They steamed the pangolin...
...number one rule for successful and daring flirtation is subtle sex appeal. As the all-knowing Cher Horowitz says in “Clueless”, “Sometimes you have to show a little skin. This reminds guys of being naked, and then they think of sex.” But tube tops can get tiresome and cold as the winter comes on, so instead, wear a sweater, and try to discreetly touch the object of your affection, maybe on the arm. It can’t hurt, right...
...tricking the immune system into accepting foreign tissue grafts-something that Dr. Andrew Lee and his colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine are trying to do. Dr. Lee prefers to think of face and hand transplants as "composite tissue transplants" because several kinds of tissue-fat, skin, muscle and possibly even bone-may be involved. (He didn't say this but maybe it's also a way to tone down some of the more ghoulish reporting on the topic.) "Composite tissue transplants have the potential to revolutionize reconstructive surgery," says Dr. Lee, who is chief...
...years ago, and he had to bribe Manila's sidewalk vendors to sell his products, but since then, Hortaleza, CEO of Splash Corp., has cleaned up well. His firm's revenues have jumped 66%, to $90 million, over the past two years, and Splash now exports face cleansers and skin toners to more than 15 countries across Asia and the Middle East. A medical-school graduate, Hortaleza, 45, is returning to his health roots: Splash has joined the booming market for nutraceuticals. --By Nelly Sindayen/Manila