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Medicine: Snake-Bite Remedy?
"The general treatment for rattlesnake bite," wrote F. C. Wilkes, M.D., in a Manual of Practice for the Diseases of Texas, published in 1866, "consists in...
EAST PAKISTAN: Disaster in the Delta
In the Ganges delta 200 miles east of Calcutta, there is so much more water than land that people wade or swim instead of walk, and boys paddle to school in big...
Aeronautics: 463 M. P. H.?
From Rome last week issued a report that a Lieut. Neri of the Italian Air Force had streaked around Lake Garda in a seaplane at 463.26 m. p. h. Fastest speed...
Spring Slowdown: Is the U.S. Economic Recovery Stalling?
The disappointing economic growth figures released Friday by the federal government have raised the possibility that the U.S. recovery might be stalling — just...
Surviving a Slowdown: What You Can Do Now
YOUR JOB: Learn to earn. In a 21st century recession, the jobs lost during the downturn aren't necessarily the same ones that appear during the rebound, so be...
James Bond is a Choirboy
In Bunker 13, his first novel, the Indian investigative journalist Aniruddha Bahal works so hard to be shocking that it's difficult not to love the guy. He has...
EAST PAKISTAN: Poor Relation
When Founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah took over the leadership of his new nation eleven years ago, he complained of the "mutilated, truncated, moth-eaten Pakistan"...
China’s Economic Slowdown: Why Stimulus Is a Bad Idea
Anyone who thought China was impervious to either the perilous state of the global recovery or the laws of basic economics should take a look at the data...
Please, Apple, Stay Out of the Book-Vetting Business
Marketing guru and prolific author Seth Godin is unhappy with Apple. As he explains--in a blog post called "Who decides what gets sold in the bookstore?"--he...
Economic Slowdown: Treasury Department: Paul O'Neil: Turnaround Guy
At a NASDAQ board meeting in Manhattan last month, a visitor approached a compact, white-haired guy who looks as if he belongs in a college chemistry lab and...
Economic Slowdown: Is A Tax Cut The Right Remedy?
Even before he was declared President-elect, George W. Bush had become bear in chief. For weeks he's been warning that the U.S. economy is in for hard times. He...
World: East Pakistan: The Politics of Catastrophe
THE face of the Pakistani official was ashen. Fresh from an inspection of the cyclone-ravaged coastline of the Bay of Bengal, he described the scene: "No...
The World: East Pakistan: Even the Skies Weep
IN New Delhi last week, one member of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Cabinet was heard to remark: "War is inevitable." In Islamabad, President Agha Mohammed...
