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...conditions force Aso to dissolve the Diet's lower house soon, an exasperated Japanese electorate could hand the DPJ enough seats in a general election to take control of the Diet and choose a new Prime Minister. Aso may not survive as the nation's chief long enough to suffer that humiliation, though. "There's no optimistic short-term scenario for Japan," says Gerald Curtis, professor of political science at Columbia University. Aso "is going to have to quit...
...negotiate with the government to improve conditions. Neither the U.N. nor other groups want to help run the internment camps, but they feel they have little choice. "It's a service that has to be done," says a humanitarian official. "If we don't do it, then the people suffer...
...still not buying the whole "organic-is-better" argument, this study might convince you otherwise. As Davis points out, more than three billion people around the world suffer from malnourishment and yet, ironically, efforts to increase food production have actually produced food that is less nourishing. Fruits seem to be less affected by genetic and environmental dilution, but one can't help but wonder if it's even possible to avoid nutritionally bankrupt veggies. Supplementing them is problematic, too: don't look to vitamin pills, as recent research indicates that those aren't very helpful either...
...want to cross the bridge,” Delany-Smith said. “Just go to the game, paint your face, and cheer them on.” Speakers said the lackluster attendance reflected broader issues discouraging participation in women’s sports, which they said suffer from a false comparison to male athletics, leading to lack of female athlete role models. Panelist Wendy Healy, general manager of recreation at Harvard, said female participation in athletics is also affected because some women are self-conscious about going to gyms or exercising. The group urged women to fight such...
...going to do our best” to eschew Japan’s example. Last October, Summers compared the downturn to our current recession in a Financial Times column. And, in his first White House press conference, Obama warned that if Washington dithered, the U.S. might suffer a “lost decade” like Japan...