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...antidepressant, which does not contain nicotine; instead, it works to curb nicotine cravings by interfering with the reward circuit in the brain, where addictions - to nicotine and other drugs, or behaviors - are reinforced. Nationally, about 70% to 80% of smokers say they want to quit, but any single attempt, regardless of the quitting method, is on average only 30% successful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Genetic Clue to Quitting Smoking | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard Real Estate (HRE), known today as Harvard Real Estate Services, began its attempt to remove tenants from Craigie Arms, a 60-unit building at 122 Mt. Auburn St. that had deteriorated rapidly under rent control...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stepping Out of the Bubble | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

Global warming is a cause that has gradually broadened its support among the American public. Now we'll begin to see whether that support still runs shallow. On Monday the Senate will begin debating America's Climate Security Act, a bill that would finally attempt to make carbon-emission reduction a federal objective. Co-sponsored by Senators Joseph Lieberman and John Warner, the measure calls for reducing greenhouse gas emissions 18% below 2005 levels by 2020, and nearly 70% by 2050, using a cap-and-trade system that steadily reduces the amount of carbon that industry is allowed to emit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trouble with Congress' Green Gambit | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...desperation, because the panel's ruling virtually ensured that the door was slamming on Clinton, who with three races to go now has little chance of overcoming Obama's lead. The meeting only went downhill from there, with committee co-chair Alexis Herman pounding the gavel in a vain attempt to restore order and Harold Ickes, a senior Clinton advisor and member of the committee, claiming the panel was "hijacking" democracy and threatening to appeal the ruling well into the summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No End for the Dems' Disunity | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...with clubs accumulating muscle and money right across Europe - until recently, the most powerful were grouped together into a representative organization known as G-14 - FIFA's proposals may also be an attempt to re-emphasize the governing body's authority. For instance, rich clubs across the continent paying vast sums in players' wages have long bickered with FIFA's national soccer federations over the release of those players for international matches, something FIFA requires of clubs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A 'Foreigner' Quota for Soccer? | 5/30/2008 | See Source »

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