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...just colleges that have hit back at beer pongers. Belmar, N.J., outlawed outdoor beer pong in 2005 after the city council passed an ordinance declaring that it exposed neighbors to "foul language, rowdy and disorderly behavior." Two other Jersey Shore towns have followed suit. In Pennsylvania and Virginia, state officials have told bars to pack up their pong tables...
...production problems, and Ivins and his colleagues were charged with figuring out why. In an e-mail to a friend, Ivins wrote that he sometimes felt as if he were watching himself work at his desk from a few feet away, a classic symptom of what psychologists call dissociative behavior. After 9/11, Ivins wrote his friend that he was saddened and extremely angry about the terrorist attacks. He was in group counseling at the time, and one of his co-workers e-mailed a colleague that "Bruce has been an absolute manic basket case the last few days...
...There are a few other reasons that men die earlier in life more often than women.] Men in their late teens and 20s go through something called "testosterone storm." The levels of the hormone can be quite high and changeable, and that can induce some pretty dangerous behavior among young men. They don't wear their seatbelts; they drink too much alcohol; they can be aggressive with weapons and so on and so forth. These behaviors lead to a higher death rate...
...temporal and spiritual ruler rolled into one. When Mohammed VI first came to power, this exalted title jarred with his public image as a rather shy leader less enthused about statecraft than about computer games and the water sports that earned him the nickname His MaJetski. His relaxed behavior in the first years of his reign made him an easy target for jihadi propagandists. But after the Casablanca bombings, the King began to assume more control: he ditched a few of his late father's widely unpopular courtiers, signed off on a budget for rural education - literacy countrywide...
...Given the gravity of Petrella's condition and the publicity her case has generated, Sarkozy wrote Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi in July, promising to deliver Petrella, but asking that "a measure of clemency be considered for her, as soon as possible", given her flawless behavior since coming to France. Days later, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano ruled out any quick pardons for Petrella, citing her "numerous and extremely serious terrorist crimes". That's a view supported by the outraged Italians who were injured or lost loved ones in Red Brigades attacks and want to see justice finally served...