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...many countries. As anti-American sentiment gains traction in these countries, a good-faith cooperation will be harder to produce. War in Iraq is not, as the Bush administration argues, part of an effort to fight terrorism; rather its effects will undermine this very effort by placing unnecessary stress on already weak alliances. Further, the increased anti-Americanism spawned by frustration with our unilateralism may very well fuel terrorist organizations, aid in their recruiting efforts and increase the risk of terrorist attack in the United States and its interests abroad...
Novel concepts are certainly needed, especially for baby boomers who, like Rachel, 60, and Tom, 61, are part of the "sandwich generation"--those with older, sometimes declining parents on one side and their own children and grandchildren on the other. "There is extraordinary stress in so many ways on today's baby boomers who are caught in the middle and have their own families, marriages and jobs to maintain," says Suzanne Mintz, president and co-founder of the National Family Caregivers Association, an educational and advocacy organization in Kensington, Md. Says Gary Barg, editor of the magazine Today's Caregiver...
...unlikely things to do during midterms, between catching up on reading and stress-filled cramming, I went to a bookstore...
...Grumet-Morris said. “[Exter] was in a really awkward position, because whenever goalies come out of their crease, they become very vulnerable. Our equipment isn’t designed for contact—it’s designed to take different types of stress from shots, instead of collisions from bodies. Every time we go out there, we’re taking a risk...
...master list. This is an inventory of the people and institutions with whom you do business: your credit-card companies (with their phone numbers and your card numbers), mortgage servicer, broker, insurance companies, accountant and attorney. One quick, low-stress way to compile a serviceable list is to put into a folder all the bills and financial statements that you receive within a month or two. Then you will have to dig up only a few missing elements, like the life-insurance statements that come sporadically. You can transcribe the names and numbers later; in the meantime, keep the folder...