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...With a spate of recent NCAA rule changes, ones that will have the officials emphasizing clutching and grabbing penalties, Brady will be careful about incurring violations...
...much to do with Beijing's fear of social disorder snowballing into more widespread unrest as with ending ethnic tensions. Just in the past week, protests by thousands of disenfranchised farmers and others have unsettled the provinces of Anhui, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan and Zhejiang. Referring to the recent spate of unrest, national Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang was quoted in the official media on Monday pleading for calm. After last week's ethnic strife, calm is precisely what China's leaders need...
...TIME: Should Jemaah Islamiah (the network of Islamic militants blamed for a spate of bombings in Indonesia) or any pesantren (religious boarding schools) suspected of terrorist activities be banned? SBY: Based on early intelligence reports, we first have to look at areas that are suspected of having terrorist activities so that, without the president having to say that legal steps need to be taken toward pesantren A or pesantren B, action will have already been taken. And if there is enough proof then definitive legal steps will be taken. This will require communication and the right approach so that...
...current spate of political films eschews extensive candid recording in favor of manipulative editing and staged interactions, and prefers unambiguous argument to quiet observation. Harvard Film Archive programmer Ted Barron notes that such works often offer more raw passion than analysis...
SCANNING PHARMACY SHELVES FOR THE LATEST OFFERings from the drug industry can give you a pretty good idea of what's ailing America. Next year, then, given the sharp increase in diabetes among children, the shelves are sure to be packed with a spate of new remedies and health aids for the diabetic crowd. And with the population living longer, we'll see more and more products for oldsters, including a drug that strengthens bones and an injectable pain-killer. Here are the most promising developments in the pipeline...