Word: agee
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...Society and the Smoker's Quit Line (1-800-TRY-TO-STOP). "Very often college students are in a location where they may be affected by other smokers, like at parties," said Giebfried, a graduate of the Harvard School of Public Health. He said that young adults are the age group least likely to quit, and that there are more young men trying to quit than young women, which means perhaps more fetuses and children suffering with a smoking mother...
Starting tomorrow, WHRB 95.3 FM, Harvard's student-run radio station, will move into the Internet age-- broadcasting live 24 hours a day via the World Wide...
...adults." And despite widespread discomfort with attributing adult motivations to children, the laws are popular in many states. Opponents of the measures, ranging from Amnesty International to Abraham's defense lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger, claim they violate the most basic rights. For instance, says Fieger, an adult with the mental age of an 11-year-old could present a "diminished capacity" defense, so what's the logic in assigning adult capabilities to an 11-year-old? (Especially one who is, according to defense psychologists, operating on the level of a six-year-old?) In Abraham's case - which Fieger says...
Four re-elected Cambridge City Coucillors clapped their hands to the sounds of a gospel choir. Councillor Michael A. Sullivan and outgoing Councillor Sheila T. Russell joked about Russell's age...
TOBACCO, THE GREAT UNEQUALIZER? Lighting up may be riskier if you're an older woman. Women over 60 who smoke are more than twice as likely to get lung cancer as same-age males. Why? Women may be more vulnerable to tobacco's carcinogens, they may inhale more of these carcinogens with each puff, or they simply may not be screened for lung cancer as vigilantly...