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...with government forces across southern Iraq and Baghdad in the last two months. With Sadr on the outs, Sistani rises again as a kind of godfather figure whose silence can be interpreted as tacit support, particularly when leaders such as Maliki are seen as consulting him. Sistani maintained his usual silence as Crocker wrapped up his visit to Najaf Saturday. But there is little doubt about the renewed strength of his hand in Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Return of Iraq's Ayatollah | 5/25/2008 | See Source »

...drought has also savaged recent Australian wheat crops. Normally among the top three or four wheat exporters in the world, Australia has managed to produce little more than half of its usual 20 million metric tons in each of the past two years. But these setbacks are having a paradoxical effect. Not nearly as thirsty a crop as rice and expensive now on world markets at about $350 a ton, wheat in Australia is attracting new growers. "Some are looking at putting wheat in this year instead of restocking on cattle - because it's cheaper and because they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Dry | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

...that. Exercise is still good for a lot of different things and may provide some benefit against Alzheimer's disease, although we don't know exactly what the mechanism might be. You should probably [also treat] other metabolic conditions, like diabetes and obesity and so on. It's the usual advice, but it probably will somewhat decrease the overall occurrence of dementia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Alzheimer's Be Prevented? | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

...handled drug, terrorism and white-collar crime cases before being named head of the agency's Philadelphia office in May 2006. Weis is the first outsider in four decades to run Chicago's 13,500-officer police department - and the move won Daley praise from some of his usual critics. However, police officers are skeptical of Weis, mainly because it is the FBI that frequently investigates alleged police misconduct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Woes of Chicago's Top Cop | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

...link to a similar Enablex ad - again, not the one Day studied.) Day discovered that the voiceover speed was slower than in most drug ads and stayed consistent throughout the ad. Correspondingly, when Day tested viewer comprehension, they understood and remembered Enablex's side effect profile better than usual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Consumers Understand Drug Ads? | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

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