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...bold type, Kristol declares that "it may well be that no other people in human history have ever had it quite so good." He is probably correct, if he is referring to the upper class. But he is wrong if he believes that the 47 million people without health insurance and the working class in general have no reason to feel pessimistic. As Kristol stated, unemployment is low. But the rise in low-paying and insecure "McJobs" is not a sign that all boats are being lifted. As long as the income gap between rich and poor continues to soar...
...always possible, since tumors have nasty habits of embedding themselves within healthy tissue and of breaking away and spreading malignancies to other parts of the body. But Researchers at Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have come up with an innovative way of giving surgeons the upper hand against these wily tumors. They have created a molecular "paint" that coats cancer cells so doctors can see the wayward cells that they may otherwise miss...
...some 10% of patients who undergo hysterectomy do so to treat cancer of the ovaries, uterus or cervix. In such cases, doctors agree that the procedure is necessary. And these patients undergo hysterectomy in its most radical form, which involves removal of the uterus, cervix, the upper part of the vagina and the lymph nodes...
...would have to lose in the coming elections for Abe to be forced out. Though Kono believes Abe should stay on, a recent internal LDP poll projected the party might win as few as 37 seats-well short of what would be needed to hold onto the Upper House. "If that's the case, he'll probably have to go," Kono says. The likely successor would be Foreign Minister Taro Aso, who finished a distant second to Abe in last September's LDP presidential contest and who covets the top job. But the stern Aso-a conservative who prefers foreign...
...Oriental Economist newsletter. Though the DPJ has gained a slight edge on the LDP since the pension scandal broke, its own approval ratings rarely break 25%, and most Japanese say they're simply fed up with both parties. Even if the DPJ does manage to seize the Upper House-Ozawa has promised to resign if his party falters-they'll be faced with the tougher question of what to do next. The DPJ could block the LDP's bills, but only temporarily-with its overwhelming majority in the Lower House, the ruling coalition can override opposition...