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...region. His thoughtfulness about the decisions facing the U.S. in Iraq—and his resistance against boiling his philosophy down to a sound bite—is an encouraging harbinger of his ability to stand up to the ideologues who see America’s predominance as a tool for bludgeoning rather than inspiring. Kerry’s 18 years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has given him the context and confidence to enact a multilateral foreign policy...
...from Ram Charan, a noted consultant and co-author of the best-selling Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. Charan argues that executives should look for "singles and doubles" to steadily enhance revenues, such as Dell's efforts to improve inventory turns, instead of industry-altering ideas. The tool for smacking a line drive is the "growth budget," which allocates specific resources to achieve targeted gains. "This discipline can change the whole psychology of a company," says Charan. It has certainly helped Dupont, which now budgets more R.-and-D. funds to its fastest-growing areas instead of equally...
...past few years, China has begun hinting at interest in a “quiet dialogue,” even receiving a delegation representing the Dalai Lama, leader of the Tibetan people, six months ago. But all too often, it seems that quiet dialogue is ultimately a tool for ignoring Tibet and hoping that the world will follow suit. The polite road may be to participate in dialogue, but when dialogue is a superficial concession used to skirt the issue, the quiet dialogue must become louder...
Tonsillectomies are not quite so routine these days, but they are still performed more than 400,000 times a year. And they still hurt, even though the standard surgical technique, electrocautery, is a big improvement over the scalpel. But a new study argues for an even kinder and gentler tool: the microdissection needle. Because it uses less energy and causes less pain, the needle moves kids swiftly to the ice cream recovery stage...
...Despite technological advances that make surrogacy safer and more reliable, Japan's conservative health-care establishment remains against it, partly out of fear that some women might become for-profit baby factories. "For safety and welfare reasons, the human body should not be used as a tool for reproduction," said Tomoko Kashiwagi of the Health Ministry. The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology opposes the practice in part due to the potential for "complication of family relationships." The ministry, meanwhile, is pushing for an outright ban. Women with reproductive dysfunction, says Kashiwagi, may simply "have to give up on biological...