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A New Battlefront in the War on Drugs Giancarlo Barolat
Category: Medicine & Health Published: March 2005
"Although the epidemic of painkiller abuse continues to worsen, doctors--despite pressure from Federal regulators--are not about to stop prescribing narcotics."
 
A Tale of Two Carlyles Chris Ullman
Category: Business & Finance Published: March 2005
"[The Carlyle Group] is a real success story and we are proud of our affiliations, deals, investors, and the superb returns we consistently have generated over the past 18 years."
 
Are Pres. Bush and the Founding Fathers on the Same Page? Charles R. Kesler
Category: National Affairs Published: March 2005
"There is, in Bush's use of . . . Ideas, a certain ambiguity or confusion between the right to be free and the capacity to be free. The two are not quite the same."
 
Fashion's Untamed Wild Side
Category: Museums Today Published: March 2005
Whether in the form of pelts, plumes, prints, or animal symbolism, faunal apparel long has represented one of man's more primal instincts.
 
Helping Children Conquer Stress Lori Lite
Category: Medicine & Health Published: March 2005
Your daughter "knows about terrorist attacks and school shootings. She talks about it more than you are comfortable with. . . . Is she becoming the nervous type or is this simply a symptom of stress?"
 
Isolationism No Longer Is an Option Tony Blair
Category: The World Today Published: March 2005
"We never should underestimate the capacity of people to make a difference and rise to new challenges. The question is whether the hopes of the people are matched by the will of their leaders."
 
Major League Baseball Returns to the Nation's Capital Dennis Coates , Brad R. Humphreys
Category: Athletic Arena Published: March 2005
Like many cities that have waited so long for a team, Washington, D.C., is ready to lavish its new residents with a state-of-the-art ballpark that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars. However, who should foot the bill?
 
SAT 2005 Quandary: Natural Smarts vs. Classroom Learning Lisa Muehle , Lauren Meggison , Michelle Ha
Category: Education Published: March 2005
"Whereas innate ability or intelligence alone could conquer the former aptitude-based SAT, the new exam will require the application of knowledge learned and remembered."
 
Searching for a "Pair to Remember"
Category: Life in America Published: March 2005
A well-known shoe company has set out to find fresh faces of kids--and, apparently, canines--to be part of its latest ad campaign. Sound familiar?
 
The Limitations of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Scott Green
Category: Law & Justice Published: March 2005
"While the largest companies have the resources to comply, smaller businesses may have to make some hard choices between the costs of compliance and the need to access public markets."
 
The Making of the World Series Video Dan Caesar
Category: Athletic Arena Published: March 2005
Boston and St. Louis took center stage for Major League Baseball Production, with the Red Sox, previous two-time Fall Classic vicitms to the Cardinals, finally reversing the curse and winning their first title since 1918.
 
The Nature of Things at PBS Fred Kaufman
Category: Mass Media Published: March 2005
"Our mission . . . is to make films that allow the armchair explorer to roam the wilderness while learning about the most fascinating species on the planet."
 
The Photography of Design
Category: Focus Published: March 2005
". . . The exhibition explores [Margaret Bourke-White's] formative years in which she developed her aesthetic vision and forged new territory in the field of photojournalism."
 
The Sights, Smells, and Sounds of the Deep Jungle Fred Kaufman
Category: Ecology Published: March 2005
A giant moth with a foot-long tongue, an oversized tarantual that feasts on chickens, and a band of chimpanzees capable of murder are just some of the headline acts viewers can look forward to in an upcoming PBS "Nature" mini-series.
 
The U.S. Through the Lens of Style
Category: USA Yesterday Published: March 2005
"In everything she did . . . Jacqueline Kennedy taught America that style is not vanity but a way of living. In doing so, she lifted the national spirit and helped define our place in the world."
 
What Would Patton Say About the War in Iraq? Victor Davis Hanson
Category: Worldview Published: March 2005
Patton would advise that static occupation, negotiations w/ undefeated insurgents, & mild rebukes to neighboring terrorist sponsors not only are futile, but against the American character of decisive advance & unconditional surrender once war is upon us.
 
Will Justice Be Served on Andrea Yates? Richard E. Vatz
Category: Psychology Published: March 2005
"At all costs, the country must avoid a release at some future date of Mrs. Yates, for the sake of those who loved--or even for those who have followed the devastating saga of--the murdered Yates children."