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...pours so much into his swimming that it takes him a week to recover from meets. During that time, he likes to watch movies, and his favorite is Billy Madison, in which a good-hearted lamebrain played by Sandler has to start school all over again as a young adult...
...study involved a survey of 150,000 U.S. households, and the figures it produced were staggering. In the past eight years, the number of Americans found to have Type 2 (or adult-onset) diabetes--the type commonly associated with obesity--has jumped a whopping 33%, from 4.9% of the population to 6.5%. Though the disease has traditionally been seen in grayer age groups--those 45 or older--the greatest increase appears to be occurring among 30- to 39-year-olds, who have seen a stunning 70% jump. Among racial groups, Hispanics were hit hardest of all, with a 38% increase...
...will, if the rules survive challenges in the courts and Congress--or by a new Administration. While the idea is a long shot, the whole debate could become moot if it turns out that adult stem cells are just as useful. For now, though, scientists who want to study stem cells--and people whose lives they might ease--are feeling better about the future...
Once upon a time, the eyes glued to financial news would have had to wear bifocals. But the stock market, like sex, is no longer just adult fare. The Internet pumps quotes, research and trading capability right into Jason's bedroom in Riverdale, N.Y. Nearly half of all households nationwide own stock, up 85% since 1983, and dinner-table drone about performance falls on little ears as well as big. With such incentives, grade-schoolers leap naturally from this-little-piggie-went-to-market to this-little-kiddie-plays-the-market. "This has become a national pastime," says Yale Hirsch...
...Yeah, I suppose. He was really just a stand-in for me early on when I was living here in Chicago and feeling terribly sorry for myself. I guess he's sort of an adult who never quite grew up. He's paralyzed by his own inability to decide or act, and a fear of being disliked...