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...third of the nation's new arrivals. The last time the U.S. faced a comparable flood, from 1901 to 1910, it set off years of jingoistic reaction against the newcomers -- Italians, Jews and other East Europeans -- until Washington tightened quotas in the 1920s and gave the nation time to absorb the influx...
...bonanza more apparent than with the research into the brain chemical called serotonin. One of the many signaling chemicals used by nerve cells to communicate with one another, serotonin is intricately linked to those parts of the brain that affect mood and impulse control. Nerve cells manufacture, release and absorb serotonin in quick bursts that ripple throughout the cerebrum. Although no one understands quite why, low levels of the chemical are associated with clinical depression. As a result, serotonin has become the target for a whole new genre of antidepressant drugs -- the most popular of which is Prozac -- that keep...
...highly industrialized nations, free trade can help the general population. Remember the invisible hand of self-interest? When an oligarchy has a chance to absorb all the benefits of open markets, it will. It President Clinton wants to help Indonesians and Chinese, he needs to reverse U.S. trade policy completely...
Theoretically, the existing departments could well absorb additional classes on ethnic issues without the creation of cantonize the issue and relieve the pressure on current departments to broaden their curricula...
Currently the benefits pool is about $150 million. Health, pension and Social Security costs absorb about 90 percent of these funds...