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...countries, which makes it nearly impossible to get a forgery conviction. Nearly two years after the introduction of a common currency, the euro has become a juicy target for counterfeit artists. Not only is it the world's most common currency - some €650 billion are now in circulation vs. U.S. $620 billion - but it is still comparatively unfamiliar to the people who use it both inside the E.U. and on the borders of the euro zone, where it is increasingly accepted as tender. Meanwhile, counterfeiters are gradually getting to know the security features of the new notes, says Carlo...
...haven't, Pfizer's marketing department will make sure you soon do), the face-off was a big win for Lipitor. In an 18-month study of 502 patients with average LDLs of 150, Lipitor not only lowered those levels more than Pravachol did (to 79 vs. 110), but it also had a measurable effect on the buildup of plaque in patients' arteries. Pravachol merely slowed the progression of those fatty deposits, whereas Lipitor stopped them cold--and may have even shrunk them...
...merits of firepower vs. brainpower--of outward force vs. inside knowledge--are debatable. In Keegan's commonsense (and somewhat unfashionable) view, "War is ultimately about doing, not thinking." Despite periodic triumphs of espionage and applied intellect--those of Bletchley Park's decrypters against the German Enigma codes of World War II, for example--the value of intelligence in war, Keegan thinks, may be limited or illusory. "Knowledge, the conventional wisdom has it, is power; but knowledge cannot destroy or deflect or damage or even defy an offensive initiative by an enemy unless the possession of knowledge is also allied...
...Increase in the divorce rate for people whose co-workers are all of the opposite sex, vs. those whose co-workers are all of the same...
...State vs. U. The Battle for State Rights. And out come the terrible, terrible jokes...