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...when a drug kills most of the members of any species of pathogen, those individuals that do withstand the assault did so because they had a natural resistance to the chemical. It's the same phenomenon that breeds pesticide-resistant insects on farms. What's more, since many antibiotics wipe out numerous species of bacteria at once, the drugs inadvertently create a nice, clear field in which those that do survive can thrive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stomach Bug Proves Tough to Kill | 12/30/2005 | See Source »

...educational system imparts a sense of shared values and that there are real equal opportunities for all. Syed Waris Shere Winnipeg Failure in Fallujah? "Looking Out On Hostile Territory," your story on why the Iraqi city of Fallujah is still a threat despite last year's efforts to wipe out the insurgent forces there [Nov. 14], quoted a Marine officer as saying, "You've almost had insurgency Darwinism. All the stupid ones are dead." The surviving terrorists in Fallujah may be the smart ones in the short term, but their willingness to destroy their innocent countrymen will ensure their ultimate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France's Streets of Fire | 12/9/2005 | See Source »

...educational system imparts a sense of shared values and that there are real equal opportunities for all. Syed Waris Shere Winnipeg Failure in Fallujah? "Looking out on hostile territory," your story on why the Iraqi city of Fallujah is still a threat despite last year's efforts to wipe out the insurgent forces there [Nov. 14], quoted a Marine officer as saying, "You've almost had insurgency Darwinism. All the stupid ones are dead." The surviving terrorists in Fallujah may be the smart ones in the short term, but their willingness to destroy their innocent countrymen will ensure their ultimate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France's Streets of Fire | 11/30/2005 | See Source »

...Unpresidential Outburst The verbal attack by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, in which he declared, "Israel must be wiped off the map" [Nov. 7], was unworthy of a man in his position of leadership and invited much international criticism. Does Ahmadinejad really believe a country can just be obliterated from the face of the earth? The mighty American war machine cannot control the ragtag Taliban of Afghanistan or wipe them out, let alone destroy an entire country! What do deserve to be wiped out are thoughts like Ahmadinejad's. Isphanyar Bhandara Rawalpindi, Pakistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 11/27/2005 | See Source »

...stop politicking and start governing. Is it naive to think they can learn? That is what the American people want - except for the politicians. Cyndy Calkins Aurora, Colorado, U.S. Unpresidential Outburst The verbal attack by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, in which he declared, " Israel must be wiped off the map" [Nov. 7], was unworthy of a man in his position of leadership and invited much international criticism. Does Ahmadinejad really believe a country can just be obliterated from the face of the earth? The mighty American war machine cannot control the ragtag Taliban of Afghanistan or wipe them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Save a Life | 11/26/2005 | See Source »

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