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Comparative Failure Matthew Cooper, in his article about President Bush's mishandling of the Katrina disaster [Sept. 12] noted, "In a crisis he can act paradoxically, appearing - almost simultaneously - strong and weak, decisive and vacillating, Churchill and Chamberlain." Please stop comparing Bush to British Prime Ministers. If Bush lived in Britain, he could not get elected to a town council. That's a fact. Javad Mahdavi London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Iraq a Futile Fight? | 10/16/2005 | See Source »

...neurologist Dr. Felipe Fregni and co-authors at the medical school, found that placing magnetic wands over the heads of stroke patients can help them to regain lost motor skills. The non-invasive therapy, called transcranial magnetic simulation (TMS), uses a figure eight-shaped coil to deliver weak, pulsating electrical currents to specific areas of the brain. When the therapy is applied for 10 to 20 minutes to the brain’s motor cortex, the magnetic field generated by the electrical currents “improved motor functions in stroke patients,” Fregni said. When healthy...

Author: By Xianlin Li, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS Studies Stroke Treatment | 10/13/2005 | See Source »

...Comparative Failure Matthew Cooper, in his article about President Bush's mishandling of the Katrina disaster [Sept. 12], noted, "In a crisis he can act paradoxically, appearing?almost simultaneously?strong and weak, decisive and vacillating, Churchill and Chamberlain." Please stop comparing Bush to British Prime Ministers. If Bush lived in Britain, he could not get elected to a town council. Javad Mahdavi London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/10/2005 | See Source »

...weapons, members of the gang can still be seen on Gaza's streets, openly toting their M-16 and AK-47 assault rifles. And Abu Samhadana has become a strident critic of Abbas and his henchmen, whom he views as ineffectual. "The reason for the chaos is the weakness of the Palestinian Authority," he says. "It is weak because it is totally corrupt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaza's New Strongmen | 10/9/2005 | See Source »

Matthew Cooper, in his article about President Bush's mishandling of the Katrina disaster [Sept. 12] noted, "In a crisis he can act paradoxically, appearing--almost simultaneously--strong and weak, decisive and vacillating, Churchill and Chamberlain." Please stop comparing Bush to British Prime Ministers. If Bush lived in Britain, he could not get elected to a town council. That's a fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 17, 2005 | 10/9/2005 | See Source »

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