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...century-old Northern Counties Permanent Building Society merged with the Rock Building Society to become Northern Rock in 1965, it's hard to imagine it was too troubled by the health of the U.S. mortgage sector. But times change. The tight squeeze in the global credit markets has struck another financial institution, and forced another central bank to intervene...
...Your article on NDEs was a sober yet uplifting account of these very important experiences. I have been concerned by lay portrayals that misuse neuroscience and give false scientific hope despite ample room for spirituality. You brought in highly divergent views and struck a reasoned balance between what science knows, what it might know and what it doesn't know - a difficult task indeed. Kevin R. Nelson, M.D., Professor of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky...
...mattered not only to Britain but to the whole world, as indicated by the global grief that accompanied her death. Although a princess, she was a humanitarian unequaled in the 20th century who crossed the boundaries of class and race. When I saw her with Mother Teresa, I was struck by the thought that, no matter what walk of life one comes from, sisterly love can be a universal attribute toward which we should all strive. Despite human frailties, she made the world a better place for all. Sonja Rencken, Abcoude, the Netherlands...
EARTH LANDING A Baptistina meteorite 6 miles across struck Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula 65 million years ago. The resulting dust cloud may have blocked the sun and led to mass extinctions on Earth...
...limited has progress been on the political front that the prime achievement the Bush Administration has been touting is the alliance the U.S. has struck up with Sunni tribal sheikhs in Anbar province against al-Qaeda. This is certainly an important tactical advance in confronting the jihadists in Iraq - although it's not entirely clear whether the greater shift has come from the sheikhs (long a backbone of both the Saddam regime and then of the insurgency), or from the U.S. in finally recognizing that the Ba'athists were open to cooperation against al-Qaeda. Although the fighters represented...