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How grave was Britains economic sickness? Did the realization that Britain must sharply reduce her Empire commitments and step down as a first-rate power also mean that Britain at home could never recover?

Smartphones here, smartphones therehow about a dumb phone? This week I tested the Jitterbug, a phone designed for the parents of baby boomers, a nice way of saying the only people who may not yet have cell phones. Its the opposite of a so-called smartphonefar from push e-mail servers and multimedia text messages, this phone

No one in human history has ever seen an eclipse quite like the one seen by the crew of Apollo 12 on Nov. 21, 1969. Countless billions of us have seen the moon eclipse the sun, casting its shadow on the Earth; countless billions have seen the Earth similarly block solar light, casting a shadow

People all over the world include eggs as part of their healthy diets, often having them for breakfast with bread and tea. But did you know that eggs are useful for more than just what's inside them? Surprisingly, eggshells also have important nutrients that are good for your health. Even though most people dispose of

(See Cover] Oh, where are the curly-fused cannon crackers of yesteryearso thick, so roundly red, so pregnant with earsplitting, tooth-jarring noise? Where are the backyard skyrockets, with their colored, cone-topped heads and their delicate pinewood sticks? Where are the politicians who spoke, jowls aquiver and veins distended, on the glorious day amid the pleasantly acrid