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Parks' action led to "the birth of a new improved Negro, who now had pride and dignity," said Juanita Abernathy, who was a close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King during...
What is the next step in this constant social push of parents and pet owners to keep the behavior of those whom they control as close as possible to a continually narrowing socially constructed definition of "normal?" Will children and their pets soon be engineered from birth not to experience sadness and never chew on the carpeting? Will they be house-trained from birth? Will we suppress their libidos until they turn 21 (in their respective age-counting regimes)? Where does the right of a guardian stop...
Folic acid, already known to prevent certain types of birth defects, is emerging as the leader of the vitamin pack in protecting against heart disease. A member of the B-vitamin family, folic acid lowers levels of homocysteine, an amino acid that has been linked to greater risk of heart disease. While scientists are still trying to explain why--it may have something to do with homocysteine's tendency to promote blood clots and eat away the lining of blood-vessel walls--the newest research suggests that taking more folic acid can lower homocysteine levels and reduce the risk...
...veep, would he answer? The vice president walked in those congressional moccasins for 16 years, and practically since birth. But then again, this Al Gore says he's his own man. And he's got some great lawyers...
...were not especially happy in the White House. Thomas Jefferson found his sojourn there a chore, and he called the presidency itself "a splendid misery." The first child born in the White House was Jefferson's grandson, James Madison Randolph, delivered in an upstairs bedroom in 1806. The second birth was a reminder of the nation's grim legacy: a child born in the basement quarters to two of Jefferson's slaves, Fanny and Eddy. No name is recorded for the child, who died before reaching age 2. The child's funeral was probably the first in the White House...