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...catastrophic war is unlikely, the world remains a dangerous place - made more dangerous by the condition of its prime power. The U.S. is today what Britain was during the first globalization: the anchor of the liberal world order. Those who rightly railed against the U.S. when it threw its weight around and treated its partners with contempt should now mull the question: Who is going to take care of the world's political business? China, Russia or the E.U.? Hardly...
...years later. By then I was playing the game 16 hours a day. I'd gained 30 pounds. I didn't have a job. The end came one weekend when I played a marathon session, which I only interrupted for trips to Dunkin' Donuts. I quit, lost the weight, and put my life back in order. But when WoW premiered in 2004, it promised to be the MMOG that allowed you to have a life. The game even gives bonuses to players who don't log in for periods of time. Its loading screen features quotes like, "Moderation...
...wasn't even by a little, it was by a mile. It was the hardest one too." Apple's new iPhone, which will be available in June, could do to the cell-phone market what the iPod did to the portable-music-player market: crush it pitilessly beneath the weight of its own superiority. This is unfortunate for anybody else who makes cell phones, but it's good news for those of us who use them...
...times the number of iPods in circulation. Break off just 1% of that and you can buy yourself a lot of black turtlenecks. Apple's new iPhone could do to the cell phone market what the iPod did to the portable music player market: crush it pitilessly beneath the weight of its own superiority. This is unfortunate for anybody else who makes cell phones, but it's good news for those of us who use them...
...ever died because he mixed two kinds of juice and got behind the wheel, of course. But Ludwig, who is director of the Optimal Weight for Life program at Children's Hospital Boston, worries that misleading nutritional data in a society obsessed with food, health, and weight can confuse the public and lead to poor public-health policy. He wants government to step up independent funding for nutritional science - and for consumers to know they'll have to work to keep a study's results in perspective when industry funding has been disclosed. "It might say, buyer beware. But then...