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...Northport, N.Y., was so relaxed during his visit to the Cranwell Resort, Spa & Golf Club in Lenox, Mass., that while there he managed to write the last pages of a book about his life in law enforcement--between massages and frequent stops at the pool, sauna and steam room. He and wife Maureen, 66, a retired secretary, stay at the hotel at least twice a year. They spend about $700 on treatments, including Maureen's facials and his deep-tissue massages, which give him relief from two herniated discs. "It's like Dorothy finding her own special Land...
...looking attractive again [Nov. 14]. But the sun is also a proven source of energy, and the technology for tapping into solar power is available. In one of the simplest of several variations, an array of mirrors focuses sunlight on a tank filled with water, heating it and producing steam that can be used to generate electricity. Large numbers of such solar-power plants could be installed in hot deserts and other sunny areas. Iran claims that it needs nuclear power, but Europe and the U.S. are worried that the technology could be diverted to support the building of nuclear...
...PENSION PLANS HAVE BEEN UNDERFUNDED FOR YEARS. WHY IS REFORM SUDDENLY GAINING STEAM? Something has to be done. We now have legislation moving on the Hill, and I'm cautiously optimistic about the passage of the pension bill. Congress gave itself two years to come up with pension-reform proposals. We're now at the end of that period...
...Mail campaign, modeled on the Do Not Call registry, to let consumers decide whether they want to be barraged with junk mail. And Paglia wants to change the way catalogs are distributed. "In the Internet age, printing catalogs at this volume is like running cars on a steam engine," he says. "It would be quaint if it weren't so destructive...
...been pessimistic about the likelihood of peace breaking out as U.S. troops leave. Allies in the region believe that a U.S. withdrawal would suck the steam out of the insurgency, but it may already be too late to prevent the breakup of Iraq. Some Saudi officials don't believe the situation is salvageable, says Nawaf Obaid, director of the Saudi National Security Assessment Project, which has prepared a classified study of Iraq for the Riyadh government. "As much as the Americans are trying to put a positive face on it," says Obaid, "it is highly unlikely that Iraq will emerge...