June 23, 2008

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June 23, 2008

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DEATH TRAPS
HEALTH

DEATH TRAPS

By NICHOLAS KÖHLER15 min
Who’s really winning the war in Iraq?
WORLD

Who’s really winning the war in Iraq?

By LUIZA CH. SAVAGE12 min
DUMB-DA-DUMB-DA-DUMB!
SPORTS

DUMB-DA-DUMB-DA-DUMB!

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DEATH TRAPS 4041
HEALTH

DEATH TRAPS

Eight thousand Canadians die of hospital-acquired infections each year. One simple change could save half of them. Why aren’t we doing it? By NICHOLAS KÖHLER15 min
Who’s really winning the war in Iraq? 2829
WORLD

Who’s really winning the war in Iraq?

Violence is waning, but can Washington claim victory, or does it belong to Tehran? By LUIZA CH. SAVAGE12 min
DUMB-DA-DUMB-DA-DUMB! 4647
SPORTS

DUMB-DA-DUMB-DA-DUMB!

The theme song fiasco is only part of it. The CBC is letting its flagship sink.
ONE LAST LOVE AFFAIR 5253
THE BACK PAGES

ONE LAST LOVE AFFAIR

LEONARD COHEN TALKS TO BRIAN D. JOHNSON ABOUT THE TOUR, THE BOTTLE AND THAT PESKY LITTLE FINANCIAL SITUATION’
MAIL BAG 45

MAIL BAG

THE ARTICLE on the fallout from the high price of oil was fascinating (“After cheap oil,” Business, June 9). It’s too bad there wasn’t a paragraph or two on the positive aspects. Higher food prices might mean smarter choices, less driving might mean less pollution, rethinking suburbs may reduce urban sprawl, less driving kids around might result in more free-range kids.
INTERVIEW 16b17

INTERVIEW

Q Can you explain the basic functions of the right and left hemispheres? A: Sure. The left hemisphere is my ability to communicate with the external world through the creation and comprehension of language. It’s the details of my life, and the identification of me as an individual—the file that says, “I am Jill Bolte Taylor.”
TO FORGIVE OR FORGET 2425
NATIONAL

TO FORGIVE OR FORGET

Will airing the truth heal old wounds or help create new ones? By NANCY MACDONALD7 min
THE NEW CAPITAL OF CARS? 3435
BUSINESS

THE NEW CAPITAL OF CARS?

California is teaching old-school Detroit about innovation By COLIN CAMPBELL7 min
THE MAN WHO ATE QUESTION PERIOD 2223
NATIONAL

THE MAN WHO ATE QUESTION PERIOD

Is Tory ‘answer man’ Peter Van Loan bad for democracy? By AARON WHERRY7 min
NEWSMAKERS 5051

NEWSMAKERS

In a time when accusations of financial irregularities against U.S. corporate titans seem commonplace, the charges of backdating stock options that federal authorities laid against Henry T. Nicholas III, co-founder and former CEO of microchip maker Broadcom Corp., didn’t seem like much.
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