Oct 9th, 2008 · They're bright, they're perky — and they've got no inner life. In fact, they exist only to soothe the tortured souls of the male lead. A lighthearted look at MPDGs throughout movie history.
Feb 17th, 2008 · President Bush visited a hospital today in Tanzania, where U.S. funds are helping to combat Africa's twin scourges of AIDS and malaria. Among the various U.S. projects in Africa are malaria vaccine studies conducted by the National Institutes of Health among the Malinke people of Mali. A recent visit to a NIH-funded facility in the village of Bancoumana showed that the research program has been a boon to the desperately poor village.
Oct 31st, 2007 · The musician presents a musical essay on what the singer considers a scourge of modern Halloween: tarty costumes.
Sep 20th, 2007 · A flurry of sports scandals may be disturbing, but misbehavior in the games people play is as old as Mt. Olympus. Athletes have long sought ways to tilt the level playing field in their favor. Still, today's scourge of cheating raises questions about how long fans will tolerate their antics.
Feb 3rd, 2007 · Historian James McPherson examines how Abraham Lincoln overrode the powers of Congress during the Civil War in his new book, This Mighty Scourge.
Jan 10th, 2006 · Ravaged by years of poverty, corruption and violence, Haiti is seeing a new scourge: kidnappings. Officials estimate 6 to 12 kidnappings, of a range of victims, occur daily. Afraid to go to Haiti's corrupt and ineffectual police, most people negotiate with kidnappers on their own.
Dec 15th, 2005 · Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) talks about the life of former Wisconsin Sen. William Proxmire, the political maverick who became Congress' leading scourge of big spending and government waste. Proxmire died Thursday at the age of 90.
Dec 15th, 2005 · Former Wisconsin Sen. William Proxmire, the political maverick who became Congress' leading scourge of big spending and government waste, died Thursday. He was 90, and had suffered from Alzheimer's disease.