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...Ultimately, Scully argues, such abject cruelty ceases to be a partisan issue. Few people can rationally justify such conditions, and yet the majority of us implicitly support them by buying products from factory farms—which today produce the vast majority of America’s pork, chicken, and eggs...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Maverick for Mercy | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...important to put in perspective that of 18,000 people treated overall only 100 individuals benefited over the short term,” she said, “and the vast majority of the benefits were interventional procedures which have not been shown to improve survival...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Study Finds Statins Reduce Heart Disease Risk | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...straight at the Kremlin's men's room. Of course, they are not. They are intended as a hedge against an Iranian nuclear threat. And the Russians know that by dint of their range and position, these two handfuls of rockets could not even put a dent in their vast offensive potential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Russia Problem | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...Karamalis says he regularly stuffs the two-story detention center to more than double its 350-person capacity, or tries - often in vain - to rent hotel rooms for detainees. "We have reports of hundreds of thousands on Turkish shores waiting to cross over," he says. "The numbers are so vast now, we fear we may lose control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greece's Immigrant Odyssey | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...owning your own wind turbine could be the next green trend. While it's true that wind power has taken off in the U.S. - adding more in new capacity to the electrical grid last year than any other power source - most of that increase comes from utility wind farms, vast fields of turbines more than 300 ft. (90 m) tall. For homeowners seeking renewable-energy sources, however, better-known solar power has always dominated. Home solar power currently generates 12 times as much energy as small wind power, which is defined as turbines that have a capacity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Got Wind? Turbines for the Green Home | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

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