Statistics: Achilles' Heel of Government
Ours is truly an Age of Statistics. In a country and an era that worships statistical data as super "scientific," as offering us the keys to all knowledge, a vast supply of data of all shapes and sizes pours forth upon us. Mostly, it pours [... more]
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Achilles' Heel: A Novel (Bill Lane)
Two dimensional characters spoil military thriller.: A thiller about a stolen Russian sub being transported to the Cubans is not a bad one. However, these are some of the worst characters around. The lead character is so cocky as to be annoying. His [... more]
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Targeted Therapies Aim for Cancer's 'Achilles Heel'
Every night before bed, retired school teacher Paul Graves takes 4 pills that help keep him alive. The medication is Gleevec (imatinib), and it has kept Graves' chronic myeloid leukemia in remission for 4 years with virtually no side ... [... more]
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The Achilles Heel
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Capitalism's Achilles Heel: Dirty Moneybusiness's Little ...
For over forty years in more than sixty countries, Raymond Baker has witnessed the free-market system operating illicitly and corruptly, with devastating consequences. In Capitalism's Achilles Heel, Baker takes readers on a fascinating journey through [... more]
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How to Avoid Procrastination Before a Final Exam
Procrastination is the Achilles heel of every struggling college student. It can make you pull an all-nighter to write a paper that was assigned four weeks earlier. Procrastination before final exams is the most practiced and yet most destructive ... [... more]
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How to Avoid Temptation
After the fateful bite into the apple in Eden, temptation has been mankind's Achilles Heel. Temptations come in many forms and sizes. Sexual temptations, spiritual temptations and social temptations. How can you avoid these seductions? Here's ... [... more]
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Sound Improvement #1: Add a Powered Subwoofer
Bass is the Achilles' heel of any sound system-whether at home or in the car. It's typically either nonexistent or too loud and muddied. A subwoofer is designed specifically to reproduce low frequencies (under 200 Hz) so that the "boom" is ... [... more]
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iPhone's Achilles Heel: Buzzword
The iPhone has obviously been the most hyped consumer technology launch of 2007, but it's significance will probably be best felt through competing cellphones. Interestingly, almost all of the functionality of the iPhone can already be found in ... [... more]
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Achilles Heel
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The Charger: Tesla Motors' Revolutionary Electric Car
"Driving range has been the Achilles' heel of electric cars," says Martin Eberhard, CEO of Tesla Motors. So the Silicon Valley engineer-and creator of the Rocket eBook-built a $100,000 electric sports car, the Tesla Roadster, using the ultimate [... more]
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Pedifix Achilles Heel Protection Sleeve Small/medium
Features: Pedifix Achilles Heel Protection Sleeve Small/Medium * Small/Medium * Pkg/1 * Model # 1400-M Binding: Health and Beauty MPN: 84068 [... more]
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