英字新聞で読もう！で、NY Times によりますと・・・

To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.

失敗は人の常。但し、大失敗に必要なのはコンピューター。　　　
（マーフィーの法則）


Money is the God of the World.

金は世界に君臨する神である。
（トマス・フラー）

In Japan, Buddhism May Be Dying Out
（ New York Times ）

The Japanese have long taken an easygoing, buffetlike approach to
religion, ringing out the old year at Buddhist temples and welcoming the new year, several hours later, at Shinto shrines. Weddings hew to Shinto rituals or, just as easily, to Christian ones.

When it comes to funerals, though, the Japanese have traditionally been inflexibly Buddhist -- so much so that Buddhism in Japan is often called “funeral Buddhism,” a reference to the religion’s former near-monopoly on the elaborate, and lucrative, ceremonies surrounding deaths and memorial services.

But that expression also describes a religion that, by appearing to cater more to the needs of the dead than to those of the living, is losing its standing in Japanese society.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・religion　宗教
・temple　神殿、寺院
・shrine　聖堂、神社
・hew to　従う、固守する
・ritual　儀式
・funeral　葬式
・monopoly　独占（権）
・describe　記述する、描写する


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On a Small Screen, Just the Salient Stuff
（ New York Times ）

WHEN Steven P. Jobs introduced the Apple iPhone 18 months ago, he
contended that viewing the Web on it was comparable to browsing on a desktop personal computer.

As it turns out, Mr. Jobs may well have understated the quality of the iPhone Web experience. Visiting Web sites that have been
redesigned for the iPhone is often a quicker and more pleasing
experience than it is on those increasingly cinema-style desktop
displays, which routinely have 20-inch or larger screens.

It seems counterintuitive, but small really is beautiful.

The experience is not limited to special-purpose applications -- say, to public transit sites like Nextbus, which are ideally suited for viewing on a smartphone. Evening commuters impatiently waiting for their rides home obviously are not going to race back to the office to check the schedule on their PCs -- but they can find it easily on their hand-held devices.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・salient　顕著な、突出した
・purpose　目的、意図、用途
・transit　通過、運送、輸送（機関）
・suite　適合させる、適する
・impatiently　我慢できず、いらいらと
・race　競走する、全速力で走る
・device　計画、工夫、装置


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The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want,
drink what you don't like and do what you'd rather not.

健康を保つ唯一の方法は、食べたくないものを食べ、飲みたくないものを飲み、したくないことをすることだ。
（マーク・トウェイン）


Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

愛はあらゆるものに打ち勝つ、但し、貧乏と歯痛を除いて。
（メエ・ウェスト）

Man-Made Hunger
（ New York Times ）

Thirty countries have already seen food riots this year. The ever
higher cost of food could push tens of millions of people into abject poverty and starvation.

To a large degree, this crisis is man-made -- the result of misguided energy and farm policies. When President Bush and other heads of state of the Group of 8 leading industrial nations meet in Japan this week, they must accept their full share of responsibility and lay out clearly what they will do to address this crisis.

As Mr. Zoellick wrote, the food crisis is a test of the world’s
willingness to help the most vulnerable. The leaders gathered in
Japan must rise to the challenge.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・riot　暴動, 騒動
・abject　落ちぶれた, 悲惨な
・industrial　産業の、工業の
・share　分け前、分担、割り当て、シェア
・responsibility　責任、責務
・lay out　広げる、設計する、レイアウトする


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The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating
（ New York Times ）

Nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden has created several lists of
healthful foods people should be eating but aren’t. But some of his favorites, like purslane, guava and goji berries, aren’t always available at regular grocery stores. I asked Dr. Bowden, author of “The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth,” to update his list with some favorite foods that are easy to find but don’t always find their way into our shopping carts. Here’s his advice.

1. Beets: Think of beets as red spinach, Dr. Bowden said, because
they are a rich source of folate as well as natural red pigments that may be cancer fighters. How to eat: Fresh, raw and grated to make a salad. Heating decreases the antioxidant power.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・nutritionist　栄養士
・grocery　食料雑貨店、食料品店
・spinach　ホウレンソウ
・pigment　顔料、（生物）色素
・grate　（おろし金で）おろす、すり砕く
・antioxidant　抗酸化作用のある


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A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

人間が人間なのは、他者を人間だと見なすからなのだ。
（デズモンド・ツツ）


A telephone survey says that 51 percent of college students drink
until they pass out at least once a month. The other 49 percent
didn't answer the phone.

ある電話調査によると、大学生の51％が月に一度は酔いつぶれるまで飲む。残りの49％は電話に出なかった。
（クレイグ・キルボーン）

Experts Revive Debate Over Cellphones and Cancer
（ New York Times ）

What do brain surgeons know about cellphone safety that the rest of us don’t?

Last week, three prominent neurosurgeons told the CNN interviewer
Larry King that they did not hold cellphones next to their ears.
“I think the safe practice,” said Dr. Keith Black, a surgeon at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, “is to use an earpiece so you keep the microwave antenna away from your brain.”

That supposed link has been largely dismissed by many experts,
including the American Cancer Society. The theory that cellphones
cause brain tumors “defies credulity,” said Dr. Eugene Flamm,
chairman of neurosurgery at Montefiore Medical Center.

But researchers who have raised concerns say that just because
science can’t explain the mechanism doesn’t mean one doesn’t exist. Concerns have focused on the heat generated by cellphones and the fact that the radio frequencies are absorbed mostly by the head and neck. In recent studies that suggest a risk, the tumors tend to occur on the same side of the head where the patient typically holds the phone.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・prominent　突き出た、目立つ、顕著な
・practice　実施、実行、習慣,
・dismiss　去らせる、退ける
・tumor　腫瘍
・concern　関心、心配
・absorb　吸収する、併合する


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Mugabe Is Sworn In After Discredited Vote
（ New York Times ）

Robert Mugabe, the runaway winner in a one-horse race, was quickly inaugurated Sunday as president of Zimbabwe after a runoff election on Friday. His opponent had already dropped out because state-sponsored enforcers were beating and killing his followers.

“I, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, do swear that I will truly serve in the office of president, so help me God,” he said somberly as he stood before a white-wigged judge under a red-carpeted tent at his official residence in Harare.

So began the 84-year-old Mr. Mugabe’s sixth term as president, the victor in an election many world leaders have denounced as
illegitimate.


【 まずは準備運動 】

・inaugurate　就任させる
・opponent　敵、相手、反対者
・somberly　厳粛に
・denounce　公然と非難する
・illegitimate　不法の、規則違反の


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