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If Wishes Were Horses, This Would Be the Kentucky Derby
GENEVA, Switzerland—The 58th World Health Assembly (the World Health Organization's policy-making body) under way here brings to mind the cliché about the contestants…
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Air Sickness: Who’s to Blame? (Part 1)
Full document available in pdf format Business travelers, family visitors, tourists—all are affected by the airline industry’s woes. But who knows what…
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Broken Promises, Hot Air
A hastily assembled special negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol begins this week in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Bonn, Germany, to…
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GE’s Dangerous Gimmick
Environmental activists are cheering General Electric's new “Ecomagination” initiative. That's a hint that the rest of us should beware of the gimmicky-sounding program.”Ecomagination is…
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Unbearable Legislation
The decision by the Secretary of the Interior to list the polar bear as “threatened” removes all doubt that the Endangered Species Act…
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Europe Adds Headache to Blair’s Post-Election Hangover
When Tony Blair was reelected British Prime Minister last Thursday, he was entitled to a celebratory glass of champagne. Despite all the sound…