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...respect an educated opinion. When the MRI says one thing and I want to do another, they are more likely to be on my side. But you need not be a medical professional, or educated at all, to be a great patient. It's pretty much the same strain of human decency--a truthful consideration of who the people around you are and of what they are trying to do--that infects a good patient and any good person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: What Makes a Good Patient? | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

...surpasses Japan to become China's No. 1 trading partner, but conflicts over everything from the U.S. trade deficit to Chinese piracy of American goods will continue to strain the relationship

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Timeline: U.S.-Chinese Relations Through the Years | 4/17/2006 | See Source »

...corridor to a meeting in an electric aqua dress, a rolling mass of corgis and dorgis in tow, she exudes surprising energy. In the country, she rides (helmetless) or walks the hills every day. Her staff is organizing her schedule to keep her visible and active with less strain by hosting more events at Buckingham Palace, and when she travels, seeing more people at slightly fewer venues. Her children will pick up more of her duties. But all who know her say that barring physical collapse, she will not abdicate in favor of Charles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Does the Queen Do? | 4/14/2006 | See Source »

...addition, while many students would love a fast food chain or two to ease financial strain, Cambridge’s zoning laws do not allow it. However, as evidenced by the chains a T stop away, it seems that it is the fear of HSDF’s retribution and not the problems of petitioning that keeps the golden arches away...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman | Title: Defending Mediocrity | 4/10/2006 | See Source »

...homemade outrigger canoe on the far northern Queensland coast in January. Since then, their case has led to the recalling of Indonesia's ambassador, prompted an increase in Indonesian naval patrols, and abruptly put an improving relationship, as Prime Minister John Howard delicately conceded last week, "under strain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Canoe Full of Trouble | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

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