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Are C-Sections Overused? Rethinking Induced Labor By Tiffany Sharples Monday, Aug. 02, 2010 LWA-Stephen Welstead / Corbis The rise in cesarean-section deliveries in recent years has been characterized by some as a key indication of the overmedicalization of childbirth. While the procedure undoubtedly saves lives and leads to better health outcomes for mothers and infants who face problems during..

Editorial North Korea’s Latest Tantrum Published: July 23, 2010 North Korea is threatening a “physical response” to joint American-South Korean naval exercises scheduled to begin on Sunday off the Korean Peninsula. China, which has abetted its neighbor’s excesses for too long, needs to ensure that the North’s bluster is only bluster. And it needs to tone down its own. 북한은 한반도 해상에서 일요일로 예정된 한미연합 ..

Editorial The Google Algorithm Published: July 14, 2010 Google handles nearly two-thirds of Internet search queries worldwide. Analysts reckon that most Web sites rely on the search engine for half of their traffic. When Google engineers tweak its supersecret algorithm — as they do hundreds of times a year — they can break the business of a Web site that is pushed down the rankings. 구글은 전세계적으로 인..

Lexington Where has all the greatness gone? Some Americans want to feel exceptional again. Better not to talk about it Jul 15th 2010 THIS column wishes respectfully to propose a temporary ban on references in political debate to both American greatness and American exceptionalism. This is not because Lexington denies that America is great and exceptional. It is. The case for the ban is that both..

Editorial Gambling Fever Published: July 4, 2010 Gamblers aren’t the only ones prone to jackpot delusions. Politicians all over see casinos as magic revenue chests that will help them avoid painful spending cuts, escape the trap of no-tax pledges and make budget gaps vanish. New York is no exception. 도박꾼들만 잭팟의 환상에 빠져있는 게 아니다. 정치꾼들은 완전히 카지노를 고통스런 지출삭감을 피하고, 무과세 공약의 덫에서 빠져 나오고, 예산부족을 사라지게 해주는 마법의 ..

Bad language Against fairness What’s wrong with the British coalition government’s favourite word Jul 1st 2010 HOW could anybody dislike the notion of fairness? Everything is better when it is fair: a share, a fight, a maiden, a game and (for those who think blondes have more fun) hair. Even defeat sounds more attractive when it is fair and square. 누구라도 ‘fairness’란 개념을 어떻게 싫어할 수 있을까? ‘Fair’ 하면 모..

2-2. 완료시제 많은 분들이 어려워하는 시제입니다. 우리말로 해석해 놓으면 과거시제와 구별이 안되기 때문입니다. 하지만 둘 사이에는 분명한 뉘앙스 차이가 존재합니다. 현재완료의 형식은 have+p.p(과거분사) 입니다. 형식을 유심히 보시면 답이 보입니다. 즉 현재완료는 과거에 일어난 일의 결과/상태(P.P)를 지금(현재)도 가지고 있다(have)는 의미입니다. 참고로 완료시제에 익숙해 지시려면 우선 사전 뒤에 있는 불규칙 동사표를 보고 시간 나시는 데로 구구단 외듯 소리 내서 외우세요. 현재형-과거형-완료형을 몰라 의외로 많이 틀립니다. 규칙동사는 현재형 뒤에 –d/-ed 붙이는 거 아실 테고. ^^ I lost my wallet. / I have lost my wallet. 둘 다 우리말로 해석하면..

South Korea's industrial giants The chaebol conundrum Korea Inc is back and booming. So it’s time to stop coddling the all-conquering chaebol Mar 31st 2010 | From The Economist print edition PERHAPS it is the result of being sandwiched between the imperial dynasties of China and Japan. It may have something to do with having a nuclear-armed hermit to the north. Whatever the reason, South Koreans..

Editorial Dial-Up Law in a Broadband World Published: April 8, 2010 The Internet has given the government powerful 21st-century tools for invading people’s privacy and monitoring their activities, but the main federal law governing online privacy is a 20th-century relic. Adopted in 1986, it has had trouble keeping up with technological advances and is now badly out of date. 인터넷은 정부에게 사람들의 사생활을 침..

Smokescreen Blaming speculators for sovereign-debt woes is misguided. Banning them would be worse Mar 11th 2010 | From The Economist print edition GREECE had a budget deficit of 12.7% of GDP in 2009. It has a record of dodgy accounting. Its own leaders acknowledge how dire its fiscal situation is. George Papaconstantinou, the country’s finance minister, summed it up pretty well last month. “Peop..