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...always in the back of our mind that a misleading first impression jeopardizes the potential of a solid relationship. And so the slightly careless behavior of a boy—who was initially relegated to the status a perennial friend—can be heartwrenching after he grows on you. It’s a classic tale in which boy meets girl, boy likes girl, girl has no clue, girl belatedly gets clue, and by then it’s too late; the timing is shot, the opportunity for romance missed, and an already cynical heart becomes a little more...
Bowden has yet to shed her rookie status, but she’s already left behind romantic notions of firefighting. She and her group work 7 a.m.-to-7 a.m. shifts nearly twice a week. Some of her colleagues work a second job on the side to fill their time and supplement the modest...
Tuskegee aside, the discrepancies in medical care between blacks and whites in the U.S. are real and persistent and not explained by differences in economic status alone. In March 2002 a study by the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences found that even after controlling for such factors as income and insurance coverage, minorities in the U.S. routinely received lower-quality health care than whites. Matters were not improved in the early '90s when some Governors and state officials tried to mandate the use of a newly approved five-year birth control device called Norplant...
...from the rule of the military junta. In recent months, the Burmese army and its proxies have stepped up efforts against ethnic insurgents such as the Shan and the Karen, driving thousands of refugees into Thailand. There, they receive cold comfort. The Thai government does not grant official refugee status to the Shan, who are deemed illegal migrants unless they cross the border to flee war. "We have to act according to immigration law," insists government spokesman Colonel Chaleumdej Chompunuch, who says up to 900 Shan have now been moved back into Burmese territory. "If there is any more fighting...
...what are they playing? Why, Newman is once again Fast Eddie Felson (aka the Hustler in Robert Rossen's pungently atmospheric 1961 classic), now resting on his legendary status among pool players; Cruise is Vincent, a wacko pretender to Eddie's former throne. Ultimately, one knows, art should imitate the players' situation: these men should cross cues to determine sovereignty over pool's dingy domain...