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...results allow researchers to construct a better picture of how cigarette smoking affects the body, and how the active agents in cigarettes, including nicotine, alter the normal growth and development of cells in the lung. That could lead to improved and individualized smoking-cessation drugs and programs, which are currently successful only 25% of the time. "It could be that we need to tailor how we get people to quit," says Amos. For some, behavior modification may be sufficient; perhaps others will need targeted nicotine-blocking drugs that can fight any genetic bias toward addiction...
...honors its idiosyncratic traditions. Most infamously, the club, which was founded by the legendary golfer Bobby Jones in 1933, didn't admit a black member until 1990, and for decades all of the caddies that the club provided at the tournament were black. Even now, the club refuses to allow women to join...
...coming weeks Sea Shepherd’s decrepit black trawler, the Farley Mowat, will patrol the ice-clad waters of Newfoundland, as Canada’s 2008 seal hunt begins. The Canadian government has increased this year’s permits to allow the killing of 275,000 seals, 98 percent of them babies, in what Watson calls “the world’s largest marine slaughter.” And in spite of new government regulations designed to stop the live skinning and clubbing of seals, Watson says that his crews have already documented seals bleeding...
...games on campus in addition to a ‘home’ game at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. this weekend against Cornell. Last week was the first of two three-game road swings for Harvard this season.“We weren’t going to allow that to be an excuse,” Tillman said. “Life is tough, and you have to be able to overcome obstacles and challenges.”Denver now has a 3-2 lead in the all-time series against the Crimson. Tillman said he wasn?...
...decided to vote by writing their choice for a state convention delegate on a sheet next to the voter's name. But the sheet - drawn up by the precinct chairwoman, an Obama supporter - had listed the 9 Clinton precinct delegates first, followed by the 16 Obama delegates. This would allow the Obama supporters to see how their rivals had voted before they cast any of their choices, the Clinton supporters argued, enabling them to adjust their strategy on the fly if necessary. Rita Stephan, the 35-year-old precinct chairman, a college professor and self-described soccer mom, had used...