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Only one state, Vermont, earned a B, while the majority of states earned a C or lower. But the good news, says Howse, is that regarding all three contributing factors, there are encouraging signs that things are moving in the right direction. In 33 states, the percentage of women who smoked dropped from last year; the percentage of insured women of childbearing age with health insurance increased in 21 states; and in a quarter of states, the late-preterm birth rate declined since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the U.S. Gets a D on Preterm Birth Rates | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

Captain and skipper Liz Powers and sophomore crew Marie Appel placed 14th in the B division with 93 points. Harvard’s total score of 176 was uncompetitive, as the top three schools posted scores below 120. Boston College won with 107 points...

Author: By Diana McKeage, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Conditions Bring Challenge in ACCs | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...blue background of the lighted screen. Then the dancers—Driscoll, Jennifer N. Kurdyla ’11, Rachel N. Moda ’13, Elisa M. Orr ’10 (who is also a Crimson designer), Elena M. Pepe ’13, and H. Zane B. Wruble ’11 (who is also a Crimson magazine editor)—turned and sashayed forwards, dressed as sailors. Their footwork was fast and precise, broken up by salutes and spiraling upper body movements that gave the dance more narrative flow. During the middle of the piece...

Author: By Sophie O. Duvernoy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: iDance Jazzes Up HDC | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...system the “laughingstock of the Ivy League,” we haven’t progressed very far. The point of grades should be to emphasize relative, not absolute, achievement. To this end, if it is easier to create A-pluses than it is to emphasize B-minuses, then that seems like the logical step...

Author: By Anita J Joseph | Title: The Case for the A-Plus | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

Hayward and Zhang are up against the John F. Bowman '11 and Eric N. Hysen '11 ticket and Robert G. B. Long '11 and David R. Johnson '11 ticket this year. “The Long-Johnson ticket is going to the hardest to run against,” said Hayward, though that ticket is widely regarded as a less serious source of competition. “The other candidates are great," he added, "but we feel we have the best record of results...

Author: By Maria Shen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: UC Election Profiles '09: A "Driven" Duo | 11/15/2009 | See Source »

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