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However, the nation must be careful not to compromise its basic values in the pursuit of safety. Some members of Congress are already considering loosened restrictions on telephone and electronic wiretaps. Any such changes should undergo heavy scrutiny. Effective intelligence does not require more invasive government control. There is a delicate balance between serving the public good and treading on civil liberties; Americans are willing to accept inconveniences in the name of security, but few want to give the federal government unrestricted power to pry into their lives. It would be a shame if improvements to the national defense were...
Having spent nearly two months hospitalized for three major abdominal surgeries, I can identify with Garrison Keillor and his description of his slow recovery from major surgery [ESSAY, Aug. 13]. When we do survive an operation and undergo a long recovery process, we realize how truly wonderful life is. Our selective thinking processes alter in deciding what is important and what is not. We learn to live with what we have, even if it is not what we want. These are revelations that make the hospital experience almost worthwhile. I compare it with my military service when I was drafted...
...course, reviving a failed venture is dicey at any time--nearly a third of bankrupt companies undergo multiple reorganizations--let alone during the sharpest economic slowdown in a decade. And too much licensing can kill even the toniest brand's cachet, as overexposed names from Calvin Klein to Gucci can unhappily attest...
AILING. NELSON MANDELA, 83, anti-apartheid crusader and the first black President of South Africa; from early-stage prostate cancer; in Johannesburg. Mandela will undergo radiation therapy over the next several weeks while keeping up his relentless globe-trotting schedule...
CHEMO BONES Breast-cancer patients receiving chemotherapy lose bone density up to four times as fast as expected, a study has found. Women whose ovaries stopped working, a common side effect of chemo, suffered rapid and dramatic bone loss in the hip and spine. Women who undergo chemo-induced early menopause should take calcium and vitamin D and get a bone-density test...