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...additions: Madonna, Joni Mitchell, Run-DMC, James Taylor, Michael Jackson and the Bee Gees. Yes, these are all talented artists. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson; Joni Mitchell appears frequently on my iPod's playlists; and "Stayin' Alive's" opening line, "You can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a woman's man, no time to talk" is probably the most badass use of falsetto I've ever heard. That's some great music. But it's not rock 'n' roll. (See photos of Abba...
...cases, lead poisoning can be treated by reducing the child's exposure and by making sure he or she eats a balanced diet with sufficient iron, calcium and vitamin C - deficiencies in these can increase the body's absorption of lead. In extreme cases of extended lead exposure, doctors use drugs called chelating agents, which bind to the lead and pull it out of the body through urine. In severe cases of prolonged poisoning, however, the cognitive and developmental damage may be permanent, says Dr. Cristiane Lin, the study's lead author, who is now at Seton Medical Center...
Armed and Safe Re "Why Crime Went Away" [Feb. 22]: Legally armed Americans use their firearms to stop a crime in progress more than 2 million times a year. Most of these incidents involve no shooting. The increase in the number of states offering concealed-weapons permits to qualified citizens is a factor in the reduction of crime. To leave this out truncates the inquiry unfairly. Robert Brummett, LEWELLEN...
...hockey didn’t play any differently than it usually does Friday night. It didn’t start the game half asleep, and it didn’t struggle to control the puck. Rather, the Crimson ran into a Cornell squad that was able to use the team’s usual offensive strengths against...
...Whereas outsiders might have been well-intentioned in wanting to solve the problems of famine in Ethiopia, the regime and rebels were very much aware of how they could make use of that aid to advance their own interests," James Shikwati, director of the Inter Region Economic Network, a Nairobi-based think tank, and a longtime critic of foreign aid, tells TIME. "Instead of trying to defend themselves, I think Bob Geldof and his friends should be looking at this as part of the problem of the aid industry." Shikwati is a leading advocate in an emerging movement that wants...