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With allies retreating to the sidelines, Republican wise men counseling restraint and the public growing jittery about the Administration's plans, the hard-liners pumped up fresh hints last week that Saddam and bin Laden have struck an unholy alliance. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld declared, "There are al-Qaeda in a number of locations in Iraq" receiving shelter from Saddam's regime. "It's very hard to imagine the government is not aware of what's taking place in the country," he said. Another Defense official told the Washington Post that among them, "there are some names you would recognize...
...than 10% of daily calories from fat. With the latest resurgence of the Atkins program, the clash of the two theories is sharper than ever--low fat vs. low carbs, Ornish vs. Atkins. But here is what is new and somewhat startling: there are hints that Atkins may have struck a vein of truth--hints that are intriguing enough to convince some mainstream obesity experts that the approach merits more serious consideration. "Is it just that the Atkins diet is monotonous, and so people eat fewer calories?" wonders Dr. Samuel Klein, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at Washington...
...musicians thoroughly at the airport and subject them to random urinalysis. The bands' playlists also received a cavity probe. Before the festival opened, each band was asked to send a representative to what was described as an "extremely important meeting." There organizers announced that six songs had been struck by local government sponsors for "unhealthy" lyrics. The band originally scheduled to go on second, Masturbation (whose singer has a penchant for removing his clothes onstage), was bumped further back in the lineup so that local party officials, unlikely to stay too late, would not be exposed to its antics...
...month period ending in the summer of 2001, according to government researchers 3.5 million Americans landed in emergency rooms due to auto accidents over the same period 25% is how much more attractive people appeared to subjects under the influence of alcohol in a Scottish study 20 elephants are struck by vehicles in Bangkok every month, prompting authorities to announce a law last Thursday barring the animals from city streets...
Finally, when the chosen one was struck by violent delusions--the belief that she had telekinetic powers, that she could change the colors of objects at will--Torres decided it was time to take Nicole to the hospital. Emergency-room doctors took one look at the thrashing teenager, strapped her to a gurney and began administering sedatives. She spent two weeks in the hospital as the doctors monitored her shifting moods, adjusted her meds and talked to her and her parents about her descent into madness. Finally, she was released with a therapy plan and a cocktail of drugs...