These are the most important practical battles of the minute, based as they are in communities, among neighbours, for the essential right to live in the city.
As a practical matter, the battle took place on two very different fronts.
To the Editor: In "Airlines and U.S. in a Bag Battle" (Practical Traveler, Dec. 14), Susan Stellin rightly decries the high price of shipping baggage in the United States.
Dr. David Baltimore, chairman of the AIDS Vaccine Research Committee of the National Institutes of Health, an advisory committee on vaccine science and strategy, said the results raised hope of a practical way to battle the AIDS epidemic without the high cost and debilitating side effects of today's drugs.
As if that weren't enough, investors also have to battle practical and emotional problems that get in the way of their success.
Above, watch Rachel Kyte, the World Bank Group's special envoy for climate change, and Larry Brilliant, chairman of the Skoll Global Threats Fund, give their thoughts on practical steps to battle climate change, and how people can get involved.
If they want to get serious about doing away with job-killing government regulations, Congressional Republicans need to get practical about the battles they choose.
The French New Wave came into being when several young critics on the influential magazine Cahiers du Cinéma decided to take practical action in their battle against the more traditional films made by an earlier generation, which they dubbed the Cinéma du Papa.
Other episodes include a battle of practical jokes in "The Fright Stuff" (Tuesday), a race to save the planet in "The Boy Who Cried Comet" (Wednesday), a struggle against fear of the dark in "Night Fright" (Thursday) and "Fernkenstein's Monster" (Friday), in which Fern tells a tale so scary that her friends become afraid of her.
