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...Vote For Iraq's Future The 13-year sanctions regime against Iraq was lifted when the Security Council passed a resolution granting the U.S. and the U.K. broad powers to rebuild the country. The 14-0 vote came after America and Britain agreed to give the U.N. a somewhat more significant postwar role, with a special adviser, appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to deal directly with Iraqi groups. Syria, the only Arab nation on the Council, did not vote; France and Germany decided this was a time to co-operate with the U.S. rather than obstruct. The resolution ends...
...make the cut - she missed by 4 strokes - she received a raucous standing ovation from the crowd. The reason for all this, I think, is not just that everyone likes an underdog. It's that Sorenstam represents an old, pure form of feminism, a message that has been somewhat lost in the politically correct culture wars of the last decade...
...brick in many shades, laid in a variety of corduroy patterns; there is engineered stone (cast concrete), both rough and smooth; there are windows, both protruding and flush. The surface of the “bridge” is striated with a pattern of engineered stone; while subtle and somewhat creative, this hodgepodge of surfaces ultimately makes the building look like it’s peeling from a bad sunburn...
...Like most Japanese, I grew up around sake. The clear rice liquor?a fermented product somewhat similar to wine?infuses many important holidays and traditions here, not to mention poetry and cuisine. My father, an American who has lived in Japan for four decades, drinks it hot every night with dinner. My hometown, Kobe, produces nearly a third of the industry's yield. My mother's side of the family is even in the sake business. Still, until recently I never cared much for the stuff. Its strong smell, fiery aftertaste and old-fashioned image seemed about as alluring...
...even with mainland China?s somewhat lax regulations for drug approval, it will likely be a year or more before the peptide fusion inhibitor could be used for patients. And that assumes the coronavirus won?t evade the treatment through mutation. Dr. Edison Liu, executive director of Singapore?s Genome Institute, which recently published a study comparing the coronavirus genome in several different regions, says, ?If the receptor interaction is changed so that the virus uses a different receptor or has a different region to which it binds, it?ll evade the peptide...