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...occasionally viewed as an indication of dependence and lack of self-discipline, the similarities end there. Obesity is a far more complicated condition that results from the interplay of genetics, socio-cultural cues and environmental factors. While someone may consciously take up smoking, few if any consciously decide to attain that coveted cool state of morbid obesity. One does not inhale a Twinkie, thus resigning oneself to the health hazards that accompany obesity, the way one picks up and inhales a Marlboro...
...long time. Plus, the most strenuous thing many of us have to do these days is to flick the remote control. Prosperity encourages a sedentary lifestyle. The trouble is that our bodies are being fattened along with our wallets. On the other hand, some women are starving themselves to attain hourglass figures and in the process are getting sick from poor nutrition. If that trend goes on, Indian females may soon be nothing but skin and bones. Jagmohan Rathi Ghaziabad, India...
Despite achieving encouraging results in the first few quarters post merger--results easy to attain with one-time cost cutting but hard to sustain--Unisys' cumulative net income in the decade after the merger failed to break even. If you had invested $1 in Burroughs at the end of 1985, that $1--right smack in the middle of one of the greatest stock-market booms in history--would have lost nearly half its value over the subsequent decade. And while Unisys has returned to profitability in recent years, the merger failed to produce a great company...
...support if the Palestinians develop democratic institutions, and see how they do. In the short run, says the official, overt support for moderates would fatally discredit them in Palestinian eyes. In any case, the Administration believes that Arafat left Palestinians unprepared to make the concessions required to attain statehood, like restrictions of the number of returning refugees, limited control of Jerusalem and the loss of part of the West Bank. Bush's decision to play it cool for now was a bitter pill for Blair, who went to Washington hoping the U.S. would pay back his unpopular solidarity in Iraq...
Even after all these years of controversy, the debate over allowing women to attain final club membership remains lively and contentious. The recent development of the Students Against Super Sexist Institutions-We Oppose Oppressive Final Clubs (SASSI-WOOF) and last Friday night’s packed forum lead by Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes on the history of final clubs both attest to the large number of undergraduates who believe that the current all-male Final Club scene is both insulting and out-dated...