Thursday, February 21, 2013

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Opinion

Reaganism After Reagan

Republicans need to develop a comprehensive program that looks at the problems we have now, not at the ones we had in the Reagan era.
Income Tax; United States Politics and Government; Interest Rates; Payroll Tax; Conservatism (US Politics); Taxation; Health Insurance and Managed Care; Inventions and Patents; 

The faithful do not learn.
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Technology

Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S.

A growing body of evidence leaves little doubt that an overwhelming percentage of the attacks on American companies and government agencies start in a building on the edge of Shanghai.
Cyberattacks and Hackers; Computer Security; Cyberwarfare; Espionage and Intelligence Services;
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Business Day

PPR Foresees Another Solid Year as 2012 Profit Rises

The company, whose brands include Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga, said its profit increased 28 percent last year.
Luxury Goods; Company Reports; Luxury Goods; Consumer Behavior;
Advertisement
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U.S.

Kentuckians Don’t Rule Out a Star as a Potential Senator

The actress Ashley Judd, a possible challenger to Senator Mitch McConnell, has already become a target of a Republican “Super PAC.”
Elections, Senate; Political Action Committees; Political Advertising;
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World

The Mumbai/New York Photo Project: In Transit

People seem to be on the move all the time, in both cities.
Airports; Commuting; Subways; Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers; Transit Systems;
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Science

Video Game Vigilance (1 Letter)

A letter to the Editor.
Games; Violence (Media and Entertainment); Computer and Video Games;
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Opinion

What Data Can’t Do

Data can’t account for everything in our experience, nor serve as the only guide for our thinking, planning and decision-making.
European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- ); Data-Mining and Database Marketing; Research; Polls and Public Opinion;
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Science

A Strategy to Prevent the Next Fukushima

Researchers weigh the possibility of using a ceramic material to replace potentially explosive zirconium in reactor components.
Explosions; Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan); Hydrogen; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Silicon;
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Opinion

Is There Room for Varied Approaches to Energy and Climate Progress?

"My way or the highway" environmentalism and the Keystone pipeline fight.
Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Hydraulic Fracturing; Keystone Pipeline System; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Pipelines;
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Arts

Cambodia Sees Ethical Conflict in Import Panel

Cambodia has asked that Jane A. Levine, who sits on a State Department panel on cultural property issues, recuse herself because her employer, Sotheby’s, is named in a lawsuit over an ancient Khmer statue it seeks to sell.
Art; Looting; Archaeology;
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Opinion

Charting the Future of the High Seas

Good governance can increase the ocean’s benefits, bringing improvements in such areas as economic growth, security and human rights.
Oceans and Seas; Environment; Politics and Government; International Relations;
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Science

Recent Developments in Health and Science News

“The Week” highlights recent developments in health and science news and glances at what’s ahead. In this column: help for the blind and a gene mutation that may explain the appearance of East Asians.
Pluto (Dwarf Planet); Moon; Space; Hurricane Sandy (2012); Mice; Genetics and Heredity;
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World

Global Health Threat Seen in Overuse of Antibiotics on Chinese Pig Farms

The "unchecked" use of antibiotics in Chinese farms poses risks that "may spread worldwide through manure and fertilizer run-off," an article finds.
Agriculture and Farming; Antibiotics; Factory Farming;
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Magazine

Sudden-Onset Madness

After a fall came the hallucinations.
Tests (Medical); Depression (Mental); Mental Health and Disorders;
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Opinion

The Second-Mortgage Shell Game

Banks have found a clever way to “forgive” mortgages — while still foreclosing on struggling homeowners.
Mortgages; Banking and Financial Institutions; Subprime Mortgage Crisis; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Real Estate and Housing (Residential);
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Sunday Review

Doctors Who Don’t Speak Out

While experts say that doctors have an ethical obligation to warn their peers about bad drugs or medical devices, they don’t always do so.
Doctors; Conflicts of Interest; Ethics (Institutional); Medical Devices; Hips;
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N.Y. / Region

Can Bronx Be a Destination? The Hope Is for Nights at a Time

The boutique hotel has come to the borough, which developers are giving another look thanks to its relatively low real estate prices and other factors.
Hotels and Travel Lodgings; Area Planning and Renewal; Real Estate (Commercial);
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Health

DNA Test for Rare Disorders Becomes More Routine

As the cost of genetic sequencing plunges, more people, especially parents, are using it to find disease-causing mutations.
Genetics and Heredity; DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid); Health Insurance and Managed Care; Medicine and Health;
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Opinion

Going Green Is Good for the Economy

Readers respond to a Sunday Review article by David Leonhardt, “It’s Not Easy Being Green.”
Greenhouse Gas Emissions; United States Economy; Labor and Jobs; Alternative and Renewable Energy; Taxation;
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Booming

Celebrating Your Big Sober Gay Birthday

Newly in recovery, a gay man wonders: cancel the party or carry on?
Baby Boomers; Homosexuality; Alcohol Abuse; Alcoholic Beverages; 










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