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Smokers are twice as likely as non-smokers to have damage to a critical gene that helps protect the body from cancer, according to a study in today's New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are speculating that the carcinogens in tobacco smoke attach themselves to the p53 gene's genetic material and disable the cell, causing mutations. TIME medicine writer Christine Gorman said, "This is the smoking gun. All of the evidence is overwhelming. . . Unless you are a tobacco executive there is no doubt that smoking causes cancer...
...Radio Shack and other stores sell devices called "ferrite cores" or "filter chokes." These little boxes attach to wires and absorb interference...
...recent months, violence-ridden cities from New York to Los Angeles have enjoyed sizable decreases in crime in general and murder rates in particular. Part of the explanation is that federal agencies like the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration have shrunk their headquarters' staff to attach more agents to local police. FBI Director Louis Freeh credits ``safe streets'' campaigns in 117 communities for reducing crime rates by breaking up street gangs...
...speech at the Kennedy School, ABC News commentator Cokie Roberts decried voters' desire to attach "electrodes" to their representatives, in order to shock them whenever they ponder voting the "wrong...
...some ratty diner in South Carolina, the smudged window that opens onto the dreariest rooftops in Butte, Montana, the vacant stare of an elevator operator in Miami Beach -- these are things the Swiss-born Frank decided were central to comprehending his adopted nation. Important is a funny word to attach to a man so suspicious of whatever is well regarded and so indifferent to success...