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Balz and Isaacs say that they think polls have little affect on the voting public...
...matter how close the presidential race in California may be, Massachusetts and New York, home of many if not most Harvard students, are still not considered to be in play. No vote for either Vice President Al Gore '69 or Texas Gov. George W. Bush is likely to affect the outcome of the presidential race in these and many other states...
...usual, Jones is lamenting lost love. With irony hurtling down like hailstones, the Possum is at his most world-weary, an affect that works perfectly with this tune. Take, for example, the second verse and the refrain...
What merits another look, some researchers believe, is a suite of chemicals used to make plastics. One is Bisphenol A, or BPA. Like DDE and PCBs, it is a chemical cousin of estrogen's, and it has been shown to affect the reproductive systems of lab mice. Another category of plastics ingredients, phthalates, may have played a role in a rash of cases of very early puberty in Puerto Rico back in the 1980s, with girls as young as 2 growing breasts and pubic hair. And while no cause has yet been determined, a study published last month suggests that...
...this notion. "MTV," he asserts, "is absolutely one of the factors in early puberty." But even though the idea sounds nutty, says Herman-Giddens, "it would not be scientific to dismiss it. If someone cuts a nice juicy grapefruit in front of you, you salivate. Seeing things can affect us physiologically...