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...annoyingly sour observer of the proceedings, a time bomb everyone hopes will not explode before the marriage is completed. Her father, played by Bill Irwin, is a pious twit, sublimely unaware of how thin and weak his family's values are when put even to the mild test this wedding's kerfuffle presents. It is nice to see Debra Winger as his ex-wife - she's been away from the movies too long - but she mostly lurks on the fringes of the action and is not permitted to develop an arresting character. But then, no one is. Everyone just behaves...
...response, the World Health Organization (WHO) in June recommended widespread use of a new, faster test that can screen for drug-resistant TB in the blood in one or two days. But it requires sophisticated lab facilities for amplifying genes that are beyond the limited resources of most developing nations. "It will be very difficult to bring expensive technologies, machines and trained technicians on a wider scale," predicts Dr. Arvinder Pal Gill, district TB officer in Moga, in India's Punjab region. In addition, the test can detect only MDR TB, not the emerging XDR strains. But both...
...Warcraft 10) Number of Miley Cyrus songs on your iPod 11) Your record highest score on Rock Band 12) Number of jobs you’ve held without getting fired 13) Number of Central Asian states you can accurately spell 14) Number of times you failed your driving test 15) Number of cable knit sweaters owned
...midst of a massive makeover—but most of the effects will be invisible. The Yard is undergoing a comprehensive soil restoration project that will revitalize its heavily-trodden grass and, within the next year, eliminate the use of herbicides, pesticides, and synthetic fertilizers. Three organic test plots were implemented in Harvard Yard in March 2008. The plots were fed compost in lieu of conventional chemicals, and have been monitored biweekly for soil health and texture for the past six months. The ongoing results of the plots “exceeded expectations” according to Eric T. Fleisher...
Obama, meanwhile, got to test his Unified Theory of Change We Can Believe In. His reserved, backstage approach risked looking cautious and calculating in its own way. But he has been arguing that the only way anything will change is if voters change the terms of the whole transaction and force government to listen to them and not just the lobbyists whispering in their ears. Just as this campaign has focused attention on electoral politics as never before, so did this crisis draw all eyes to Washington and how it works - and no one much liked what they...