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...Tightens Its Belt Re "Is the good life out of reach?" [Feb. 26], about the effect of a common currency on the cost of living in the European Union: Peter Gumbel made no mention of Britain, an E.U. country that has spurned the euro and kept its pound sterling. Wouldn't a comparison of economic conditions in Britain and those in other E.U. nations tell us something about whether the common currency is to blame for some of the ills mentioned? Alan Campbell, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
...Here's where the politics comes in: Oxford is a well-wired Republican who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Bush campaigns. Oxford said at the time the deal was struck that it wouldn't be a success until the firm had 100 lawyers in New York. Giuliani is leaving the partnership well short of that goal. But Oxford must not be too unhappy. He is the chairman of Giuliani's exploratory committee...
...Tamiflu were only needed for normal, seasonal influenza, this debate wouldn't matter outside Japan. In most Western countries Tamiflu, which can speed up recovery from the flu by a day or so at most, has barely been used. It's only been in prescription drug-happy Japan, where the government effectively made Tamiflu free, that the drug became popular before bird flu made it a household word. But because Tamiflu has been one of the few drugs to show effectiveness against H5N1 avian flu, it has become the key pharmacological component in international pandemic preparation plans. If a pandemic...
...guide's village is even closer to the border; he fled for the relative safety of Khost just after the attack. He refused to take us to the town, for fear of attack, and wouldn't let me go, either. He said that even disguised in a burqa, the way I walked would give me away as a foreigner, and my presence would create problems for the village. Instead, he said, Balazs could go, accompanied by Hajji Muslim's son - Balazs is Hungarian, and his black beard and dark eyes made it easier for him to pass. Maybe too well...
...that if a scientific causation of homosexuality were discovered that that somehow removes the moral responsibility of the persons making these choices," he said. "But that is not true. The Scripture doesn't say we are responsible only for the temptations we choose. The basic sinfulness of homosexuality, that wouldn't change...