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...lawsuit that has strained relations between the U.S. and the Saudi royal family is about to strain them even further. Not long ago, 3,000 relatives of Sept. 11 victims filed a $1 trillion lawsuit against members of the Saudi royal family and others, alleging that they helped finance the 9/11 attacks. Sources tell TIME that 50 new defendants are about to be added to the list of 100 already named. Prime among them is likely to be Saudi Minister of the Interior Prince Naif. Another likely target is the Saudi American Bank (SAMBA), the kingdom's second largest financial...
...particularly to occur in nervous people, and in people who are under a nervous strain,” Lee wrote to Gay on April 13. “Wilcox tells me that after his urticaria was largely over he rather went to pieces nervously, and had what may be best described as an hysterical attack. That fits in with the picture very well. He lost his hour examinations and is quite upset about his work. His mother wants to take him home for a rest. I certainly agree that he should go home and get himself straightened out nervously...
...tech manufacturer, made Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For this year--despite having announced 20% job cuts of 8,000. At the time, employees rallied around management to fight to save the company. But unlike Dell, Agilent continues to struggle, and the surviving workers are feeling the strain. Steve Peterson, 55, a global online-support manager, says, "We are just really working hard and are discouraged that things are not better...
...involved in caregiving to older relatives, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. And an estimated 90% of caregiving takes place at home. Deciding which sibling makes sure that Mom takes her daily medicines or that Dad regularly gets out for some fresh air can add strain to an already stressful situation...
...hand will make the world a safer place. Arntzen, an Arizona State University biologist, has been working for nearly five years to create what is basically freeze-dried tomato juice--but not from any ordinary tomatoes. This fruit (yes, tomatoes are fruits, not vegetables) carries a gene from a strain of the E. coli bacterium. Some strains of E. coli can cause violent diarrhea and death. Swigged down in reconstituted juice, however, a protein made by the E. coli gene should act as a vaccine, priming the immune system to recognize and fight off the real thing...