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That's a message patients should take to heart. Don't assume because you see a lot of ads for a new drug that the one you are taking is obsolete. And if you switch to a new medication, be attuned to any unexpected side effects. The most common adverse reactions include liver toxicity, heart problems and fetal damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Old Drugs Better than New? | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

...hundred and forty miles away, a 42-year-old mother of four has found an ingenious way of making sure her kids get exposed to her religious beliefs. Rulinda Eakin of Wichita Falls, Texas, has the home radio attached to the light switch in her bathroom. "When we flip the switch up, KTEO comes right on," she says. KTEO is one of 27 stations across the country that carry HIS KIDS RADIO, a Christian radio network for children ages 3 to 12 that plays biblically based music and stories. Station director Dodd Morris says his kids is a "place parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: When God Is Cool | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

...sign on to Washington's war against terrorism is quite a switch. Until Sept. 11, the organization was suspected of propping up the Taliban and by extension its al-Qaeda guests in Afghanistan, although Pakistan hotly denies this. As Washington mops up after the war in Afghanistan, pursuing the surviving remnants of bin Laden's terrorist web, the ISI's cooperation is particularly critical. Western intelligence sources in Islamabad say hundreds of al-Qaeda operatives are still hiding out in Pakistan. Last week, according to tribal elders, some 40 U.S. commandos set up base in the Pakistani town of Miramshah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Pakistan Tamed its Spies? | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

...Most people don’t think about what happens when they throw a light switch on,” Vautin says. “At the end of a long series of wires there’s a power plant consuming fossil fuel. They don’t recognize they’re having a small impact on air emissions. On the scale of Harvard all that impact really does...

Author: By Alex L. Pasternack, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Pushes Energy Reduction | 5/3/2002 | See Source »

...proposal to switch from a 15 to a 4.0 grading scale and drastically reduce the number of students who receive honors is likely to go to a vote before the Faculty by the end of the month...

Author: By Jessica E. Vascellaro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty to Vote On Change to Grading Scale | 5/2/2002 | See Source »

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