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Brookline: An affluent, nearby suburb populated by many people with Harvard degrees and many professionals, some of whom have taken it on themselves to make sure the MATEP smokestack is not spewing noxious gases into their backyards...
Brookline: An affluent, nearby suburb populated by many people with Harvard degrees and many professionals, some of whom have taken it on themselves to make sure the MATEP smokestack is not spewing noxious gases into their backyards...
Brookline: An affluent, nearby suburb populated by many people with Harvard degrees and many professionals, some of whom have taken it on themselves to make sure the MATEP smokestack is not spewing noxious gases into their backyards...
Rates up for affluent teens...
...third leading cause of death among youngsters ages 15 to 19, ranking just behind accidents and homicides. In 1977, the last year for which figures are available, 1,871 teen-agers in that bracket killed themselves, a 20% increase in one year and a 200% increase since 1950. In affluent areas the rate of increase is higher. One cluster of ten suburbs on Chicago's North Shore now leads the state in teen-age suicides, with a 250% increase in the past decade. This is true despite various community efforts to curtail the upsurge. Among them: training programs...